#C2AE41#C2AE41

#C2AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE41
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -5.38, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 56.72, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0197 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3400, 42.1249, 11.1114)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE41 #4155C2

analogous

#C26D41 #C2AE41 #95C241

triadic

#C2AE41 #41C2AE #AE41C2

tetradic

#C2AE41 #41C26D #4155C2 #C24195

square

#C2AE41 #41C26D #4155C2 #C24195

split-complementary

#C2AE41 #4195C2 #6D41C2

monochromatic

#675D21 #968630 #C2AE41 #D1C26F #E0D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C2AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE41

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE41	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)

#BEAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57b',
    500: '#c2ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae41;
$custom-light: #d8c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74781,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE41

secondary

#939CCC

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE41

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

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