#C2AF36#C2AF36

#C2AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AF36
RGB	rgb(194, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -6.49, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 61.40, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0241 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2457, 42.3974, 9.6583)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AF36 #3649C2

analogous

#C26936 #C2AF36 #8FC236

triadic

#C2AF36 #36C2AF #AF36C2

tetradic

#C2AF36 #36C269 #3649C2 #C2368F

square

#C2AF36 #36C269 #3649C2 #C2368F

split-complementary

#C2AF36 #368FC2 #6936C2

monochromatic

#62591B #928429 #C2AF36 #D3C462 #E1D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C2AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C2AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AF36

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AF36	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c675',
    500: '#c2af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2af36;
$custom-light: #d8c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74904,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AF36

secondary

#8891CC

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AF36

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

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