#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
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -6.15, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 62.55, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0235 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9617, 41.9736, 9.1191)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C2AE32	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C2AE32

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

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