#C2AE3B#C2AE3B

#C2AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE3B
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -5.71, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 59.16, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0213 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1754, 42.0590, 10.2442)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE3B #3B4FC2

analogous

#C26A3B #C2AE3B #93C23B

triadic

#C2AE3B #3BC2AE #AE3BC2

tetradic

#C2AE3B #3BC26A #3B4FC2 #C23B93

square

#C2AE3B #3BC26A #3B4FC2 #C23B93

split-complementary

#C2AE3B #3B93C2 #6A3BC2

monochromatic

#645A1E #93842D #C2AE3B #D1C269 #E0D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C2AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE3B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE3B	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)

#BFA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c578',
    500: '#c2ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae3b;
$custom-light: #d8c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74731,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE3B

secondary

#8E97CB

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE3B

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

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