#C2AD45#C2AD45

#C2AD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD45
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -4.61, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 54.69, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.017 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2676, 41.7879, 11.6793)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD45 #455AC2

analogous

#C26F45 #C2AD45 #99C245

triadic

#C2AD45 #45C2AD #AD45C2

tetradic

#C2AD45 #45C26F #455AC2 #C24599

square

#C2AD45 #45C26F #455AC2 #C24599

split-complementary

#C2AD45 #4599C2 #6F45C2

monochromatic

#6A5E23 #988732 #C2AD45 #D1C173 #E0D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C2AD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C2AD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD45

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD45	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57d',
    500: '#c2ad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad45;
$custom-light: #d8c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD45

secondary

#969FCD

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD45

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

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