#C2AE49#C2AE49

#C2AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE49
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -4.87, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 53.27, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0173 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5884, 42.2242, 12.4195)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE49 #495DC2

analogous

#C27249 #C2AE49 #99C249

triadic

#C2AE49 #49C2AE #AE49C2

tetradic

#C2AE49 #49C272 #495DC2 #C24999

square

#C2AE49 #49C272 #495DC2 #C24999

split-complementary

#C2AE49 #4999C2 #7249C2

monochromatic

#6C6024 #9A8934 #C2AE49 #D1C277 #E1D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C2AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE49

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE49	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c580',
    500: '#c2ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae49;
$custom-light: #d7c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE49

secondary

#99A2CE

accent

#65D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE49

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

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