#C2A138#C2A138

#C2A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.126 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A138
RGB	rgb(194, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 1.04, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 56.63, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0024 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.126 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7088, 37.2467, 9.0491)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A138 #3859C2

analogous

#C25C38 #C2A138 #9EC238

triadic

#C2A138 #38C2A1 #A138C2

tetradic

#C2A138 #38C25C #3859C2 #C2389E

square

#C2A138 #38C25C #3859C2 #C2389E

split-complementary

#C2A138 #389EC2 #5C38C2

monochromatic

#63521D #937A2A #C2A138 #D2B865 #E0CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C2A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C2A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A138

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A138	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.126 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bc75',
    500: '#c2a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a138;
$custom-light: #d8bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71995,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A138

secondary

#8A9ACB

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A138

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

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