#C2AD44#C2AD44

#C2AD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD44
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -4.67, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 55.12, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0173 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2368, 41.7756, 11.5172)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD44 #4459C2

analogous

#C26E44 #C2AD44 #98C244

triadic

#C2AD44 #44C2AD #AD44C2

tetradic

#C2AD44 #44C26E #4459C2 #C24498

square

#C2AD44 #44C26E #4459C2 #C24498

split-complementary

#C2AD44 #4498C2 #6E44C2

monochromatic

#695D22 #978631 #C2AD44 #D1C172 #E0D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C2AD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C2AD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD44

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD44	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57d',
    500: '#c2ad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad44;
$custom-light: #d8c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74598,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD44

secondary

#959ECD

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD44

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

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