#C2AA51#C2AA51

#C2AA51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.113 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA51
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -2.19, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 48.30, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0086 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.113 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1096, 40.8147, 13.6536)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA51 #5169C2

analogous

#C27251 #C2AA51 #A2C251

triadic

#C2AA51 #51C2AA #AA51C2

tetradic

#C2AA51 #51C272 #5169C2 #C251A2

square

#C2AA51 #51C272 #5169C2 #C251A2

split-complementary

#C2AA51 #51A2C2 #7251C2

monochromatic

#716128 #9E8837 #C2AA51 #D2C07E #E2D6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C2AA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#C2AA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA51

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA51	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.113 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c385',
    500: '#c2aa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa51;
$custom-light: #d7c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA51

secondary

#9FAAD0

accent

#6DD850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA51

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

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