#C2AE35#C2AE35

#C2AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE35
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -6.01, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 61.46, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0228 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0286, 42.0003, 9.4712)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE35 #3549C2

analogous

#C26735 #C2AE35 #8FC235

triadic

#C2AE35 #35C2AE #AE35C2

tetradic

#C2AE35 #35C267 #3549C2 #C2358F

square

#C2AE35 #35C267 #3549C2 #C2358F

split-complementary

#C2AE35 #358FC2 #6735C2

monochromatic

#62581B #928328 #C2AE35 #D4C360 #E1D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C2AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE35

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE35	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)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c574',
    500: '#c2ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae35;
$custom-light: #d8c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.13719,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE35

secondary

#8791CC

accent

#5DE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE35

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

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