#C2AE48#C2AE48

#C2AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE48
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -4.94, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 53.71, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0176 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5555, 42.2111, 12.2463)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE48 #485CC2

analogous

#C27148 #C2AE48 #99C248

triadic

#C2AE48 #48C2AE #AE48C2

tetradic

#C2AE48 #48C271 #485CC2 #C24899

square

#C2AE48 #48C271 #485CC2 #C24899

split-complementary

#C2AE48 #4899C2 #7148C2

monochromatic

#6C6024 #9A8933 #C2AE48 #D1C276 #E1D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C2AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE48

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE48	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)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c57f',
    500: '#c2ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae48;
$custom-light: #d7c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE48

secondary

#98A1CE

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE48

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

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