#C2AE47#C2AE47

#C2AE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE47
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -5.01, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 54.15, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0179 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5232, 42.1981, 12.0759)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE47 #475BC2

analogous

#C27147 #C2AE47 #99C247

triadic

#C2AE47 #47C2AE #AE47C2

tetradic

#C2AE47 #47C271 #475BC2 #C24799

square

#C2AE47 #47C271 #475BC2 #C24799

split-complementary

#C2AE47 #4799C2 #7147C2

monochromatic

#6B5F24 #998833 #C2AE47 #D1C275 #E0D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C2AE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE47

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE47	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#BEAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57f',
    500: '#c2ae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae47;
$custom-light: #d7c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 50.204,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74837,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE47

secondary

#97A0CD

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE47

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

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