#c2ae5e

Color #c2ae5e

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 7.18 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 13.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c2ae5e

RGB

rgb(194, 174, 94)

HSL

hsl(48, 45%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48, 51.5%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 51.5%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(71.25, -3.24, 43.32)

LCH

lch(71.25, 43.44, 94.28)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1033, 95.67)

HWB

hwb(48, 36.9%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5e72c2

Analogous

#c27c5e

#c2ae5e

#a4c25e

Triadic

#c2ae5e

#5ec2ae

#ae5ec2

Split-complementary

#c2ae5e

#5ea4c2

#7c5ec2

Tetradic

#c2ae5e

#72c25e

#5e72c2

#ae5ec2

Square

#c2ae5e

#5ec27c

#5e72c2

#c25ea4

Shades

Color #c2ae5e mixed toward black.

#ae9842

#8b7a35

#685b28

#463d1a

#231e0d

Tints

Color #c2ae5e mixed toward white.

#ccbc79

#d6c994

#e0d7af

#ebe4c9

#f5f2e4

Tones

Color #c2ae5e mixed toward gray.

#baa966

#b1a46f

#a99f77

#a19a7f

#989588

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba78 · ΔE 7.1

Deuteranopia

#bbbc7d · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#c1888b · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c2ae5e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c2ae5e]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#c2ae5e (#c2ae5e) is rgb(194, 174, 94) in RGB.

No, #c2ae5e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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