#C2AA55#C2AA55

#C2AA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA55
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -1.88, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 46.41, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0073 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.109 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2641, 40.8764, 14.4670)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA55 #556DC2

analogous

#C27455 #C2AA55 #A4C255

triadic

#C2AA55 #55C2AA #AA55C2

tetradic

#C2AA55 #55C274 #556DC2 #C255A4

square

#C2AA55 #55C274 #556DC2 #C255A4

split-complementary

#C2AA55 #55A4C2 #7455C2

monochromatic

#736329 #A08A3A #C2AA55 #D2C182 #E2D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C2AA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C2AA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA55

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA55	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c387',
    500: '#c2aa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa55;
$custom-light: #d7c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74156,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA55

secondary

#A2ADD0

accent

#6ED751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA55

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

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