#C2AD39#C2AD39

#C2AD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD39
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -5.29, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 59.63, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0203 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.134 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9320, 41.6537, 9.9121)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD39 #394EC2

analogous

#C26939 #C2AD39 #93C239

triadic

#C2AD39 #39C2AD #AD39C2

tetradic

#C2AD39 #39C269 #394EC2 #C23993

square

#C2AD39 #39C269 #394EC2 #C23993

split-complementary

#C2AD39 #3993C2 #6939C2

monochromatic

#63591D #93832B #C2AD39 #D2C266 #E0D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C2AD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C2AD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD39

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD39	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)

#BEA928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c576',
    500: '#c2ad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad39;
$custom-light: #d8c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74504,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD39

secondary

#8B95CB

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD39

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

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