#C2AE46#C2AE46

#C2AE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE46
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -5.07, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 54.59, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0182 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.125 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4913, 42.1854, 11.9083)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE46 #465AC2

analogous

#C27046 #C2AE46 #98C246

triadic

#C2AE46 #46C2AE #AE46C2

tetradic

#C2AE46 #46C270 #465AC2 #C24698

square

#C2AE46 #46C270 #465AC2 #C24698

split-complementary

#C2AE46 #4698C2 #7046C2

monochromatic

#6A5F23 #998832 #C2AE46 #D1C274 #E0D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C2AE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C2AE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE46

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE46	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c57e',
    500: '#c2ae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae46;
$custom-light: #d8c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74828,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE46

secondary

#979FCD

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE46

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

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