#C2AE45#C2AE45

#C2AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE45
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -5.13, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 55.02, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0185 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4600, 42.1729, 11.7434)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE45 #4559C2

analogous

#C27045 #C2AE45 #98C245

triadic

#C2AE45 #45C2AE #AE45C2

tetradic

#C2AE45 #45C270 #4559C2 #C24598

square

#C2AE45 #45C270 #4559C2 #C24598

split-complementary

#C2AE45 #4598C2 #7045C2

monochromatic

#6A5E23 #988832 #C2AE45 #D1C273 #E0D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C2AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE45

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE45	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)

#BEAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57d',
    500: '#c2ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae45;
$custom-light: #d8c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74818,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE45

secondary

#969FCD

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE45

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

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