#C2AE4D#C2AE4D

#C2AE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE4D
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -4.60, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 51.48, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0161 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.119 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7253, 42.2790, 13.1406)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE4D #4D61C2

analogous

#C2744D #C2AE4D #9BC24D

triadic

#C2AE4D #4DC2AE #AE4DC2

tetradic

#C2AE4D #4DC274 #4D61C2 #C24D9B

square

#C2AE4D #4DC274 #4D61C2 #C24D9B

split-complementary

#C2AE4D #4D9BC2 #744DC2

monochromatic

#6F6226 #9C8B36 #C2AE4D #D2C37B #E1D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C2AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE4D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE4D	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c582',
    500: '#c2ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae4d;
$custom-light: #d7c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74899,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE4D

secondary

#9CA5CF

accent

#67D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE4D

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

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