#C2AE43#C2AE43

#C2AE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE43
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -5.26, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 55.88, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0191 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3990, 42.1485, 11.4219)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE43 #4357C2

analogous

#C26E43 #C2AE43 #96C243

triadic

#C2AE43 #43C2AE #AE43C2

tetradic

#C2AE43 #43C26E #4357C2 #C24396

square

#C2AE43 #43C26E #4357C2 #C24396

split-complementary

#C2AE43 #4396C2 #6E43C2

monochromatic

#695E22 #978731 #C2AE43 #D1C271 #E0D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C2AE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE43

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE43	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)

#BEAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57c',
    500: '#c2ae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae43;
$custom-light: #d8c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74799,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE43

secondary

#949DCC

accent

#64DA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE43

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

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