#C2AE53#C2AE53

#C2AE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE53
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -4.16, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 48.71, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0141 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.114 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9470, 42.3677, 14.3082)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE53 #5367C2

analogous

#C27753 #C2AE53 #9FC253

triadic

#C2AE53 #53C2AE #AE53C2

tetradic

#C2AE53 #53C277 #5367C2 #C2539F

square

#C2AE53 #53C277 #5367C2 #C2539F

split-complementary

#C2AE53 #539FC2 #7753C2

monochromatic

#726528 #9F8D38 #C2AE53 #D2C380 #E2D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C2AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE53

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE53	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)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c586',
    500: '#c2ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae53;
$custom-light: #d7c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74967,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE53

secondary

#A1A9D0

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE53

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

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