#C2AF40#C2AF40

#C2AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AF40
RGB	rgb(194, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -5.96, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 57.46, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0215 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5052, 42.5012, 11.0248)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AF40 #4053C2

analogous

#C26E40 #C2AF40 #94C240

triadic

#C2AF40 #40C2AF #AF40C2

tetradic

#C2AF40 #40C26E #4053C2 #C24094

square

#C2AF40 #40C26E #4053C2 #C24094

split-complementary

#C2AF40 #4094C2 #6E40C2

monochromatic

#675D21 #958630 #C2AF40 #D1C26E #E0D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C2AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C2AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AF40

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AF40	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67b',
    500: '#c2af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2af40;
$custom-light: #d8c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74983,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AF40

secondary

#929ACC

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AF40

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

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