#C2AE3C#C2AE3C

#C2AE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE3C
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -5.66, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 58.76, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0211 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.133 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2015, 42.0695, 10.3821)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE3C #3C50C2

analogous

#C26B3C #C2AE3C #93C23C

triadic

#C2AE3C #3CC2AE #AE3CC2

tetradic

#C2AE3C #3CC26B #3C50C2 #C23C93

square

#C2AE3C #3CC26B #3C50C2 #C23C93

split-complementary

#C2AE3C #3C93C2 #6B3CC2

monochromatic

#655A1F #93842E #C2AE3C #D1C26A #DFD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C2AE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE3C

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE3C	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)

#BFA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c578',
    500: '#c2ae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae3c;
$custom-light: #d8c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE3C

secondary

#8F98CB

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE3C

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

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