#C2A036#C2A036

#C2A036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A036
RGB	rgb(194, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 1.47, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 57.17, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0014 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.127 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4868, 36.8794, 8.7386)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A036 #3658C2

analogous

#C25A36 #C2A036 #9EC236

triadic

#C2A036 #36C2A0 #A036C2

tetradic

#C2A036 #36C25A #3658C2 #C2369E

square

#C2A036 #36C25A #3658C2 #C2369E

split-complementary

#C2A036 #369EC2 #5A36C2

monochromatic

#62511B #927929 #C2A036 #D3B862 #E1CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C2A036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#C2A036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A036

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A036	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bb74',
    500: '#c2a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a036;
$custom-light: #d8bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71774,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A036

secondary

#8899CC

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A036

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

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