#C2AE37#C2AE37

#C2AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE37
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -5.91, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 60.71, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0223 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0756, 42.0191, 9.7186)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE37 #374BC2

analogous

#C26937 #C2AE37 #91C237

triadic

#C2AE37 #37C2AE #AE37C2

tetradic

#C2AE37 #37C269 #374BC2 #C23791

square

#C2AE37 #37C269 #374BC2 #C23791

split-complementary

#C2AE37 #3791C2 #6937C2

monochromatic

#63581C #928329 #C2AE37 #D3C363 #E0D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#C2AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE37

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c575',
    500: '#c2ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae37;
$custom-light: #d8c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE37

secondary

#8993CB

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE37

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

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