#C2AA49#C2AA49

#C2AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA49
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -2.76, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 51.96, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0113 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.119 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8271, 40.7017, 12.1658)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA49 #4961C2

analogous

#C26D49 #C2AA49 #9EC249

triadic

#C2AA49 #49C2AA #AA49C2

tetradic

#C2AA49 #49C26D #4961C2 #C2499E

square

#C2AA49 #49C26D #4961C2 #C2499E

split-complementary

#C2AA49 #499EC2 #6D49C2

monochromatic

#6C5E24 #9A8634 #C2AA49 #D1BF77 #E1D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C2AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#C2AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA49

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA49	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c380',
    500: '#c2aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa49;
$custom-light: #d7c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA49

secondary

#99A4CE

accent

#6AD94E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA49

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

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