#C2AE40#C2AE40

#C2AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE40
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -5.43, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 57.14, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.02 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3113, 42.1134, 10.9602)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE40 #4054C2

analogous

#C26D40 #C2AE40 #95C240

triadic

#C2AE40 #40C2AE #AE40C2

tetradic

#C2AE40 #40C26D #4054C2 #C24095

square

#C2AE40 #40C26D #4054C2 #C24095

split-complementary

#C2AE40 #4095C2 #6D40C2

monochromatic

#675C21 #958630 #C2AE40 #D1C26E #E0D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C2AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE40

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE40	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)

#BEAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57a',
    500: '#c2ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae40;
$custom-light: #d8c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE40

secondary

#929BCC

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE40

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

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