#C2AE32#C2AE32

#C2AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C2AE32
RGBrgb(194, 174, 50)
HSLhsl(52, 59%, 48%)
HSVhsv(52, 74%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.3%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.85, -6.15, 62.24)
CIE-LCHlch(70.85, 62.55, 95.64°)
OKLaboklab(74.67% -0.0235 0.137)
OKLCHoklch(74.67% 0.139 99.7)
XYZxyz(37.9617, 41.9736, 9.1191)
Luminance0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C2AE32 #3246C2
analogous
#C26632 #C2AE32 #8EC232
triadic
#C2AE32 #32C2AE #AE32C2
tetradic
#C2AE32 #32C266 #3246C2 #C2328E
square
#C2AE32 #32C266 #3246C2 #C2328E
split-complementary
#C2AE32 #328EC2 #6632C2
monochromatic
#615719 #918225 #C2AE32 #D5C45C #E2D68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#C2AE32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39
#C2AE32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE32
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C2AE32#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C2AE321.002.249.399.39
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3921.001.001.00
##0000009.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA91B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B13A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D1A196
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c2ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c573',
    500: '#c2ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c2ae32;
$custom-light: #d8c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c2ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74665,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C2AE32
secondary
#848ECC
accent
#5BE246
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8ED
border
#D4D1C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

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#C2AE32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva