#C2AE2C#C2AE2C

#C2AE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE2C
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -6.39, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 64.59, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0248 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.8407, 41.9251, 8.4816)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE2C #2C40C2

analogous

#C2632C #C2AE2C #8BC22C

triadic

#C2AE2C #2CC2AE #AE2CC2

tetradic

#C2AE2C #2CC263 #2C40C2 #C22C8B

square

#C2AE2C #2CC263 #2C40C2 #C22C8B

split-complementary

#C2AE2C #2C8BC2 #632CC2

monochromatic

#5E5515 #908121 #C2AE2C #D8C653 #E3D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C2AE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#C2AE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE2C

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE2C	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)

#BFA90D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c570',
    500: '#c2ae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae2c;
$custom-light: #d9c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74628,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE2C

secondary

#7D88CD

accent

#58E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE2C

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

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