#C2AE52#C2AE52

#C2AE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE52
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -4.23, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 49.18, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0144 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.115 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9087, 42.3523, 14.1063)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE52 #5266C2

analogous

#C27652 #C2AE52 #9EC252

triadic

#C2AE52 #52C2AE #AE52C2

tetradic

#C2AE52 #52C276 #5266C2 #C2529E

square

#C2AE52 #52C276 #5266C2 #C2529E

split-complementary

#C2AE52 #529EC2 #7652C2

monochromatic

#726428 #9F8C38 #C2AE52 #D2C37F #E2D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C2AE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE52

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE52	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)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c586',
    500: '#c2ae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae52;
$custom-light: #d7c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74955,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE52

secondary

#A0A9D0

accent

#68D750

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE52

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →