#C2AC40#C2AC40

#C2AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AC40
RGB	rgb(194, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -4.38, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 56.49, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.017 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9278, 41.3464, 10.8324)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AC40 #4056C2

analogous

#C26B40 #C2AC40 #97C240

triadic

#C2AC40 #40C2AC #AC40C2

tetradic

#C2AC40 #40C26B #4056C2 #C24097

square

#C2AC40 #40C26B #4056C2 #C24097

split-complementary

#C2AC40 #4097C2 #6B40C2

monochromatic

#675B21 #958430 #C2AC40 #D1C06E #E0D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C2AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C2AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AC40

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AC40	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c47a',
    500: '#c2ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ac40;
$custom-light: #d8c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74352,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AC40

secondary

#929CCC

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AC40

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

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