#C2AD32#C2AD32

#C2AD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD32
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -5.62, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 62.24, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.022 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7693, 41.5886, 9.0550)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD32 #3247C2

analogous

#C26532 #C2AD32 #8FC232

triadic

#C2AD32 #32C2AD #AD32C2

tetradic

#C2AD32 #32C265 #3247C2 #C2328F

square

#C2AD32 #32C265 #3247C2 #C2328F

split-complementary

#C2AD32 #328FC2 #6532C2

monochromatic

#615619 #918225 #C2AD32 #D5C35C #E2D58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C2AD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C2AD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD32

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD32	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c573',
    500: '#c2ad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad32;
$custom-light: #d8c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74454,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD32

secondary

#848ECC

accent

#5CE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD32

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

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