#C2AE5E#C2AE5E

#C2AE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE5E
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 51.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -3.24, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 43.44, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0102 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.103 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4059, 42.5512, 16.7250)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE5E #5E72C2

analogous

#C27C5E #C2AE5E #A4C25E

triadic

#C2AE5E #5EC2AE #AE5EC2

tetradic

#C2AE5E #5EC27C #5E72C2 #C25EA4

square

#C2AE5E #5EC27C #5E72C2 #C25EA4

split-complementary

#C2AE5E #5EA4C2 #7C5EC2

monochromatic

#78692E #A4903E #C2AE5E #D3C48A #E4DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C2AE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C2AE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE5E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE5E	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c58d',
    500: '#c2ae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae5e;
$custom-light: #d6c58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 45.045,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75107,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE5E

secondary

#A9B2D2

accent

#6DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE5E

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

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