#C2AA56#C2AA56

#C2AA56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.108 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA56
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -1.80, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 45.94, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0069 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.108 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3041, 40.8924, 14.6777)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA56 #566EC2

analogous

#C27456 #C2AA56 #A4C256

triadic

#C2AA56 #56C2AA #AA56C2

tetradic

#C2AA56 #56C274 #566EC2 #C256A4

square

#C2AA56 #56C274 #566EC2 #C256A4

split-complementary

#C2AA56 #56A4C2 #7456C2

monochromatic

#74632A #A18A3A #C2AA56 #D2C183 #E2D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C2AA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C2AA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA56

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA56	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.108 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c388',
    500: '#c2aa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa56;
$custom-light: #d7c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA56

secondary

#A3ADD1

accent

#6FD751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA56

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

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