#C2AE36#C2AE36

#C2AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE36
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -5.96, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 61.08, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0226 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0518, 42.0096, 9.5937)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE36 #364AC2

analogous

#C26836 #C2AE36 #90C236

triadic

#C2AE36 #36C2AE #AE36C2

tetradic

#C2AE36 #36C268 #364AC2 #C23690

square

#C2AE36 #36C268 #364AC2 #C23690

split-complementary

#C2AE36 #3690C2 #6836C2

monochromatic

#62581B #928329 #C2AE36 #D3C362 #E1D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C2AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE36

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE36	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)

#BFA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c575',
    500: '#c2ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae36;
$custom-light: #d8c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74693,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE36

secondary

#8892CC

accent

#5EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE36

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

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