#C2AE55#C2AE55

#C2AE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE55
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -4.00, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 47.77, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0134 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.112 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0253, 42.3990, 14.7208)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE55 #5569C2

analogous

#C27855 #C2AE55 #9FC255

triadic

#C2AE55 #55C2AE #AE55C2

tetradic

#C2AE55 #55C278 #5569C2 #C2559F

square

#C2AE55 #55C278 #5569C2 #C2559F

split-complementary

#C2AE55 #559FC2 #7855C2

monochromatic

#736629 #A08D3A #C2AE55 #D2C382 #E2D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C2AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE55

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE55	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c587',
    500: '#c2ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae55;
$custom-light: #d7c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE55

secondary

#A2ABD0

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE55

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

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