#C2AD37#C2AD37

#C2AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD37
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -5.39, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 60.40, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0208 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8831, 41.6341, 9.6545)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD37 #374CC2

analogous

#C26837 #C2AD37 #92C237

triadic

#C2AD37 #37C2AD #AD37C2

tetradic

#C2AD37 #37C268 #374CC2 #C23792

square

#C2AD37 #37C268 #374CC2 #C23792

split-complementary

#C2AD37 #3792C2 #6837C2

monochromatic

#63581C #928229 #C2AD37 #D3C263 #E0D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C2AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C2AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD37

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD37	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c575',
    500: '#c2ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad37;
$custom-light: #d8c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74489,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD37

secondary

#8993CB

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD37

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

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