#C2A235#C2A235

#C2A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A235
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 0.35, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 58.06, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0047 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.129 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8130, 37.5692, 8.7327)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A235 #3555C2

analogous

#C25B35 #C2A235 #9BC235

triadic

#C2A235 #35C2A2 #A235C2

tetradic

#C2A235 #35C25B #3555C2 #C2359B

square

#C2A235 #35C25B #3555C2 #C2359B

split-complementary

#C2A235 #359BC2 #5B35C2

monochromatic

#62521B #927A28 #C2A235 #D4BA60 #E1CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C2A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#C2A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A235

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A235	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd73',
    500: '#c2a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a235;
$custom-light: #d8bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72178,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A235

secondary

#8797CC

accent

#6AE047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A235

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

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