#C2AE42#C2AE42

#C2AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE42
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -5.32, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 56.30, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0194 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3692, 42.1366, 11.2653)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE42 #4256C2

analogous

#C26E42 #C2AE42 #96C242

triadic

#C2AE42 #42C2AE #AE42C2

tetradic

#C2AE42 #42C26E #4256C2 #C24296

square

#C2AE42 #42C26E #4256C2 #C24296

split-complementary

#C2AE42 #4296C2 #6E42C2

monochromatic

#685D22 #968631 #C2AE42 #D1C270 #E0D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C2AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE42

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE42	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57c',
    500: '#c2ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae42;
$custom-light: #d8c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE42

secondary

#949CCC

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE42

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

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