#C2AC37#C2AC37

#C2AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AC37
RGB	rgb(194, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -4.86, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 60.09, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0194 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6921, 41.2521, 9.5908)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AC37 #374DC2

analogous

#C26737 #C2AC37 #93C237

triadic

#C2AC37 #37C2AC #AC37C2

tetradic

#C2AC37 #37C267 #374DC2 #C23793

square

#C2AC37 #37C267 #374DC2 #C23793

split-complementary

#C2AC37 #3793C2 #6737C2

monochromatic

#63571C #928229 #C2AC37 #D3C163 #E0D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C2AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C2AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AC37

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AC37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c475',
    500: '#c2ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ac37;
$custom-light: #d8c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74279,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AC37

secondary

#8994CB

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AC37

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

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