#C2AE4C#C2AE4C

#C2AE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE4C
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -4.67, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 51.93, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0164 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.12 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6903, 42.2650, 12.9561)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE4C #4C60C2

analogous

#C2734C #C2AE4C #9BC24C

triadic

#C2AE4C #4CC2AE #AE4CC2

tetradic

#C2AE4C #4CC273 #4C60C2 #C24C9B

square

#C2AE4C #4CC273 #4C60C2 #C24C9B

split-complementary

#C2AE4C #4C9BC2 #734CC2

monochromatic

#6E6226 #9C8A35 #C2AE4C #D2C37A #E1D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C2AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE4C

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE4C	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)

#BEAA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c582',
    500: '#c2ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae4c;
$custom-light: #d7c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74888,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE4C

secondary

#9BA4CE

accent

#66D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE4C

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

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