#C2AA42#C2AA42

#C2AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA42
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -3.21, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 55.02, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0134 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6080, 40.6140, 11.0116)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA42 #425AC2

analogous

#C26A42 #C2AA42 #9AC242

triadic

#C2AA42 #42C2AA #AA42C2

tetradic

#C2AA42 #42C26A #425AC2 #C2429A

square

#C2AA42 #42C26A #425AC2 #C2429A

split-complementary

#C2AA42 #429AC2 #6A42C2

monochromatic

#685B22 #968331 #C2AA42 #D1BF70 #E0D49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C2AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C2AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA42

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA42	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)

#BBA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37b',
    500: '#c2aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa42;
$custom-light: #d8c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73951,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA42

secondary

#949ECC

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA42

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

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