#C2AD49#C2AD49

#C2AD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AD49
RGB	rgb(194, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -4.35, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 52.94, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0158 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3959, 41.8393, 12.3554)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AD49 #495EC2

analogous

#C27149 #C2AD49 #9AC249

triadic

#C2AD49 #49C2AD #AD49C2

tetradic

#C2AD49 #49C271 #495EC2 #C2499A

square

#C2AD49 #49C271 #495EC2 #C2499A

split-complementary

#C2AD49 #499AC2 #7149C2

monochromatic

#6C6024 #9A8834 #C2AD49 #D1C277 #E1D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C2AD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C2AD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AD49

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AD49	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c580',
    500: '#c2ad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ad49;
$custom-light: #d7c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AD49

secondary

#99A2CE

accent

#67D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AD49

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

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