#C2AF42#C2AF42

#C2AF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2AF42
RGB	rgb(194, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -5.84, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 56.63, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0209 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5632, 42.5244, 11.3300)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2AF42 #4255C2

analogous

#C26F42 #C2AF42 #95C242

triadic

#C2AF42 #42C2AF #AF42C2

tetradic

#C2AF42 #42C26F #4255C2 #C24295

square

#C2AF42 #42C26F #4255C2 #C24295

split-complementary

#C2AF42 #4295C2 #6F42C2

monochromatic

#685E22 #968731 #C2AF42 #D1C370 #E0D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C2AF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#C2AF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2AF42

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2AF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2AF42	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2af42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c67c',
    500: '#c2af42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2af42;
$custom-light: #d8c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2af42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75001,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2AF42

secondary

#949CCC

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2AF42

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

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