#C2AE3E#C2AE3E

#C2AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE3E
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -5.55, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 57.96, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0205 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.2554, 42.0910, 10.6658)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE3E #3E52C2

analogous

#C26C3E #C2AE3E #94C23E

triadic

#C2AE3E #3EC2AE #AE3EC2

tetradic

#C2AE3E #3EC26C #3E52C2 #C23E94

square

#C2AE3E #3EC26C #3E52C2 #C23E94

split-complementary

#C2AE3E #3E94C2 #6C3EC2

monochromatic

#665B20 #94852F #C2AE3E #D1C26D #DFD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C2AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE3E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE3E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c579',
    500: '#c2ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae3e;
$custom-light: #d8c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.42089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE3E

secondary

#9099CB

accent

#62DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE3E

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

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