#C2AE61#C2AE61

#C2AE61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.100 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AE61
RGB	rgb(194, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -2.97, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 41.97, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0091 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.1 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5431, 42.6061, 17.4478)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AE61 #6175C2

analogous

#C27E61 #C2AE61 #A6C261

triadic

#C2AE61 #61C2AE #AE61C2

tetradic

#C2AE61 #61C27E #6175C2 #C261A6

square

#C2AE61 #61C27E #6175C2 #C261A6

split-complementary

#C2AE61 #61A6C2 #7E61C2

monochromatic

#7A6A2F #A69140 #C2AE61 #D3C58D #E4DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C2AE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C2AE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AE61

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AE61	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.100 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c68f',
    500: '#c2ae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ae61;
$custom-light: #d6c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75149,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AE61

secondary

#ACB4D3

accent

#6ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AE61

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

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