#C2AD2E#C2AD2E

#C2AD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD2E
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -5.79, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 63.63, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0229 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6867, 41.5556, 8.6202)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD2E #2E43C2

analogous

#C2632E #C2AD2E #8DC22E

triadic

#C2AD2E #2EC2AD #AD2EC2

tetradic

#C2AD2E #2EC263 #2E43C2 #C22E8D

square

#C2AD2E #2EC263 #2E43C2 #C22E8D

split-complementary

#C2AD2E #2E8DC2 #632EC2

monochromatic

#5F5517 #918122 #C2AD2E #D7C556 #E3D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C2AD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C2AD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD2E

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD2E	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c571',
    500: '#c2ad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad2e;
$custom-light: #d9c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74429,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD2E

secondary

#7F8ACC

accent

#5AE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD2E

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

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