#C2A231#C2A231

#C2A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A231
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 0.17, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 59.58, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0057 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.131 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7248, 37.5339, 8.2682)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A231 #3151C2

analogous

#C25A31 #C2A231 #99C231

triadic

#C2A231 #31C2A2 #A231C2

tetradic

#C2A231 #31C25A #3151C2 #C23199

square

#C2A231 #31C25A #3151C2 #C23199

split-complementary

#C2A231 #3199C2 #5A31C2

monochromatic

#605018 #917925 #C2A231 #D6BA5B #E2CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C2A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#C2A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A231

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A231	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd71',
    500: '#c2a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a231;
$custom-light: #d9bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A231

secondary

#8393CC

accent

#68E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A231

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

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