#C2AC42#C2AC42

#C2AC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.127 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AC42
RGB	rgb(194, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -4.26, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 55.65, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0164 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.127 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9857, 41.3696, 11.1375)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AC42 #4258C2

analogous

#C26C42 #C2AC42 #98C242

triadic

#C2AC42 #42C2AC #AC42C2

tetradic

#C2AC42 #42C26C #4258C2 #C24298

square

#C2AC42 #42C26C #4258C2 #C24298

split-complementary

#C2AC42 #4298C2 #6C42C2

monochromatic

#685C22 #968531 #C2AC42 #D1C070 #E0D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C2AC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C2AC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AC42

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AC42	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.127 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c47b',
    500: '#c2ac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ac42;
$custom-light: #d8c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7437,
    "c": 0.12662,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AC42

secondary

#949DCC

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AC42

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

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