#C2AA3B#C2AA3B

#C2AA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA3B
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -3.60, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 57.92, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0153 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4141, 40.5365, 9.9904)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA3B #3B53C2

analogous

#C2663B #C2AA3B #97C23B

triadic

#C2AA3B #3BC2AA #AA3BC2

tetradic

#C2AA3B #3BC266 #3B53C2 #C23B97

square

#C2AA3B #3BC266 #3B53C2 #C23B97

split-complementary

#C2AA3B #3B97C2 #663BC2

monochromatic

#64581E #93812D #C2AA3B #D1BF69 #E0D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C2AA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#C2AA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA3B

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA3B	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c277',
    500: '#c2aa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa3b;
$custom-light: #d8c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7389,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA3B

secondary

#8E99CB

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA3B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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