#C2AE50#C2AE50

#C2AE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE50
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 58.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -4.38, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 50.10, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0151 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8337, 42.3223, 13.7114)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE50 #5064C2

analogous

#C27550 #C2AE50 #9DC250

triadic

#C2AE50 #50C2AE #AE50C2

tetradic

#C2AE50 #50C275 #5064C2 #C2509D

square

#C2AE50 #50C275 #5064C2 #C2509D

split-complementary

#C2AE50 #509DC2 #7550C2

monochromatic

#706427 #9E8C37 #C2AE50 #D2C37D #E2D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C2AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE50

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE50	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)

#BDAA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c584',
    500: '#c2ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae50;
$custom-light: #d7c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.474,
    "s": 48.305,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74932,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE50

secondary

#9FA7CF

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE50

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

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