#C2AE2B#C2AE2B

#C2AE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE2B
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -6.43, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 64.91, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.025 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8221, 41.9177, 8.3837)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE2B #2B3FC2

analogous

#C2632B #C2AE2B #8BC22B

triadic

#C2AE2B #2BC2AE #AE2BC2

tetradic

#C2AE2B #2BC263 #2B3FC2 #C22B8B

square

#C2AE2B #2BC263 #2B3FC2 #C22B8B

split-complementary

#C2AE2B #2B8BC2 #632BC2

monochromatic

#5E5415 #908120 #C2AE2B #D9C752 #E4D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C2AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C2AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE2B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE2B	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA90A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c56f',
    500: '#c2ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae2b;
$custom-light: #d9c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 63.713,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74622,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE2B

secondary

#7C87CD

accent

#57E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE2B

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

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