#C2AD43#C2AD43

#C2AD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD43
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -4.73, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 55.55, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0176 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.2065, 41.7635, 11.3578)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD43 #4358C2

analogous

#C26D43 #C2AD43 #97C243

triadic

#C2AD43 #43C2AD #AD43C2

tetradic

#C2AD43 #43C26D #4358C2 #C24397

square

#C2AD43 #43C26D #4358C2 #C24397

split-complementary

#C2AD43 #4397C2 #6D43C2

monochromatic

#695D22 #978631 #C2AD43 #D1C171 #E0D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C2AD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C2AD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD43

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD43	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57c',
    500: '#c2ad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad43;
$custom-light: #d8c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD43

secondary

#949ECC

accent

#65DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD43

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

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