#C2AE34#C2AE34

#C2AE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE34
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 73.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -6.06, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 61.82, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0231 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0058, 41.9912, 9.3514)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE34 #3448C2

analogous

#C26734 #C2AE34 #8FC234

triadic

#C2AE34 #34C2AE #AE34C2

tetradic

#C2AE34 #34C267 #3448C2 #C2348F

square

#C2AE34 #34C267 #3448C2 #C2348F

split-complementary

#C2AE34 #348FC2 #6734C2

monochromatic

#61571A #928327 #C2AE34 #D4C45F #E1D68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C2AE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE34

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE34	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c574',
    500: '#c2ae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae34;
$custom-light: #d8c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74679,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE34

secondary

#8690CC

accent

#5DE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE34

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

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