#C2AC2A#C2AC2A

#C2AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AC2A
RGB	rgb(194, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -5.42, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 64.66, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0222 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(37.4205, 41.1435, 8.1605)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AC2A #2A40C2

analogous

#C2602A #C2AC2A #8CC22A

triadic

#C2AC2A #2AC2AC #AC2AC2

tetradic

#C2AC2A #2AC260 #2A40C2 #C22A8C

square

#C2AC2A #2AC260 #2A40C2 #C22A8C

split-complementary

#C2AC2A #2A8CC2 #602AC2

monochromatic

#5D5314 #907F1F #C2AC2A #D9C550 #E4D682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C2AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C2AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AC2A

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AC2A	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c46f',
    500: '#c2ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ac2a;
$custom-light: #d9c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74194,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.41142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AC2A

secondary

#7B87CD

accent

#59E740

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AC2A

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

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