#C2AD36#C2AD36

#C2AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD36
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -5.44, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 60.78, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0211 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.136 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8594, 41.6247, 9.5295)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD36 #364BC2

analogous

#C26736 #C2AD36 #91C236

triadic

#C2AD36 #36C2AD #AD36C2

tetradic

#C2AD36 #36C267 #364BC2 #C23691

square

#C2AD36 #36C267 #364BC2 #C23691

split-complementary

#C2AD36 #3691C2 #6736C2

monochromatic

#62581B #928229 #C2AD36 #D3C262 #E1D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C2AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C2AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD36

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD36	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)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c575',
    500: '#c2ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad36;
$custom-light: #d8c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD36

secondary

#8892CC

accent

#5FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD36

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

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