#C2AA59#C2AA59

#C2AA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AA59
RGB	rgb(194, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -1.55, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 44.50, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0058 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.105 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4275, 40.9418, 15.3277)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AA59 #5971C2

analogous

#C27559 #C2AA59 #A5C259

triadic

#C2AA59 #59C2AA #AA59C2

tetradic

#C2AA59 #59C275 #5971C2 #C259A5

square

#C2AA59 #59C275 #5971C2 #C259A5

split-complementary

#C2AA59 #59A5C2 #7559C2

monochromatic

#75642B #A28B3C #C2AA59 #D2C186 #E3D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C2AA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#C2AA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AA59

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AA59	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2aa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c38a',
    500: '#c2aa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2aa59;
$custom-light: #d7c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2aa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74207,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AA59

secondary

#A6B0D1

accent

#70D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AA59

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

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