#C2AC2E#C2AC2E

#C2AC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.140 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AC2E
RGB	rgb(194, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -5.27, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 63.34, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0214 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.14 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4957, 41.1735, 8.5565)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AC2E #2E44C2

analogous

#C2622E #C2AC2E #8EC22E

triadic

#C2AC2E #2EC2AC #AC2EC2

tetradic

#C2AC2E #2EC262 #2E44C2 #C22E8E

square

#C2AC2E #2EC262 #2E44C2 #C22E8E

split-complementary

#C2AC2E #2E8EC2 #622EC2

monochromatic

#5F5417 #918022 #C2AC2E #D7C456 #E3D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C2AC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C2AC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AC2E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AC2E	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#BDA714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.140 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c471',
    500: '#c2ac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ac2e;
$custom-light: #d9c471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74218,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AC2E

secondary

#7F8BCC

accent

#5BE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AC2E

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

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