#C2AE51#C2AE51

#C2AE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE51
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -4.31, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 49.64, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0147 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.116 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8709, 42.3372, 13.9074)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE51 #5165C2

analogous

#C27651 #C2AE51 #9DC251

triadic

#C2AE51 #51C2AE #AE51C2

tetradic

#C2AE51 #51C276 #5165C2 #C2519D

square

#C2AE51 #51C276 #5165C2 #C2519D

split-complementary

#C2AE51 #519DC2 #7651C2

monochromatic

#716428 #9E8C37 #C2AE51 #D2C37E #E2D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C2AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE51

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE51	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c585',
    500: '#c2ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae51;
$custom-light: #d7c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE51

secondary

#9FA8D0

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE51

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

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