#C2AE39#C2AE39

#C2AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE39
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -5.81, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 59.94, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0218 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.135 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1245, 42.0387, 9.9762)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE39 #394DC2

analogous

#C26A39 #C2AE39 #92C239

triadic

#C2AE39 #39C2AE #AE39C2

tetradic

#C2AE39 #39C26A #394DC2 #C23992

square

#C2AE39 #39C26A #394DC2 #C23992

split-complementary

#C2AE39 #3992C2 #6A39C2

monochromatic

#63591D #93842B #C2AE39 #D2C266 #E0D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C2AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE39

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE39	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c577',
    500: '#c2ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae39;
$custom-light: #d8c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74715,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE39

secondary

#8B95CB

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE39

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

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