#C2AE4E#C2AE4E

#C2AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.118 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE4E
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 59.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -4.53, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 51.02, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0157 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.118 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7609, 42.2932, 13.3280)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE4E #4E62C2

analogous

#C2744E #C2AE4E #9CC24E

triadic

#C2AE4E #4EC2AE #AE4EC2

tetradic

#C2AE4E #4EC274 #4E62C2 #C24E9C

square

#C2AE4E #4EC274 #4E62C2 #C24E9C

split-complementary

#C2AE4E #4E9CC2 #744EC2

monochromatic

#6F6326 #9D8B36 #C2AE4E #D2C37C #E1D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C2AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE4E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE4E	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)

#BEAA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.118 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c583',
    500: '#c2ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae4e;
$custom-light: #d7c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7491,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE4E

secondary

#9DA6CF

accent

#67D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE4E

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

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