#C2AA45#C2AA45

#C2AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA45
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -3.02, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 53.73, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0125 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6987, 40.6503, 11.4897)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA45 #455DC2

analogous

#C26C45 #C2AA45 #9CC245

triadic

#C2AA45 #45C2AA #AA45C2

tetradic

#C2AA45 #45C26C #455DC2 #C2459C

square

#C2AA45 #45C26C #455DC2 #C2459C

split-complementary

#C2AA45 #459CC2 #6C45C2

monochromatic

#6A5C23 #988432 #C2AA45 #D1BF73 #E0D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C2AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C2AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA45

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA45	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c37d',
    500: '#c2aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa45;
$custom-light: #d8c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73979,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA45

secondary

#96A0CD

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA45

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

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