#C2AC36#C2AC36

#C2AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AC36
RGB	rgb(194, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -4.91, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 60.47, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0196 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.135 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6683, 41.2426, 9.4658)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AC36 #364CC2

analogous

#C26636 #C2AC36 #92C236

triadic

#C2AC36 #36C2AC #AC36C2

tetradic

#C2AC36 #36C266 #364CC2 #C23692

square

#C2AC36 #36C266 #364CC2 #C23692

split-complementary

#C2AC36 #3692C2 #6636C2

monochromatic

#62571B #928229 #C2AC36 #D3C162 #E1D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C2AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C2AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AC36

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AC36	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c475',
    500: '#c2ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ac36;
$custom-light: #d8c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AC36

secondary

#8893CC

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AC36

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

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