#C2AE56#C2AE56

#C2AE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE56
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -3.92, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 47.30, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.013 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.111 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0653, 42.4150, 14.9315)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE56 #566AC2

analogous

#C27856 #C2AE56 #A0C256

triadic

#C2AE56 #56C2AE #AE56C2

tetradic

#C2AE56 #56C278 #566AC2 #C256A0

square

#C2AE56 #56C278 #566AC2 #C256A0

split-complementary

#C2AE56 #56A0C2 #7856C2

monochromatic

#74662A #A18E3A #C2AE56 #D2C483 #E2D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C2AE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C2AE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE56

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE56	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c588',
    500: '#c2ae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae56;
$custom-light: #d7c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE56

secondary

#A3ACD1

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE56

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

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