#C2AA40#C2AA40

#C2AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA40
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -3.33, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 55.87, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0139 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.127 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5500, 40.5908, 10.7064)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA40 #4058C2

analogous

#C26940 #C2AA40 #99C240

triadic

#C2AA40 #40C2AA #AA40C2

tetradic

#C2AA40 #40C269 #4058C2 #C24099

square

#C2AA40 #40C269 #4058C2 #C24099

split-complementary

#C2AA40 #4099C2 #6940C2

monochromatic

#675A21 #958230 #C2AA40 #D1BF6E #E0D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C2AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C2AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA40

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA40	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37a',
    500: '#c2aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa40;
$custom-light: #d8c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73932,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA40

secondary

#929DCC

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA40

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

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