#C2AA57#C2AA57

#C2AA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA57
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -1.72, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 45.46, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0066 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.107 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3446, 40.9087, 14.8914)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA57 #576FC2

analogous

#C27457 #C2AA57 #A5C257

triadic

#C2AA57 #57C2AA #AA57C2

tetradic

#C2AA57 #57C274 #576FC2 #C257A5

square

#C2AA57 #57C274 #576FC2 #C257A5

split-complementary

#C2AA57 #57A5C2 #7457C2

monochromatic

#74642A #A18A3B #C2AA57 #D2C184 #E3D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C2AA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C2AA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA57

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA57	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)

#B9A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c389',
    500: '#c2aa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa57;
$custom-light: #d7c389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74181,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA57

secondary

#A4AED1

accent

#6FD651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA57

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

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