#C2AE4A#C2AE4A

#C2AE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE4A
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 61.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -4.81, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 52.83, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.017 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.6218, 42.2376, 12.5955)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE4A #4A5EC2

analogous

#C2724A #C2AE4A #9AC24A

triadic

#C2AE4A #4AC2AE #AE4AC2

tetradic

#C2AE4A #4AC272 #4A5EC2 #C24A9A

square

#C2AE4A #4AC272 #4A5EC2 #C24A9A

split-complementary

#C2AE4A #4A9AC2 #724AC2

monochromatic

#6D6125 #9B8A34 #C2AE4A #D1C278 #E1D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C2AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE4A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE4A	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c580',
    500: '#c2ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae4a;
$custom-light: #d7c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74868,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.42236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE4A

secondary

#9AA3CE

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE4A

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

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