#C2A237#C2A237

#C2A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A237
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 0.45, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 57.28, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0042 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.128 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8600, 37.5879, 8.9801)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A237 #3757C2

analogous

#C25D37 #C2A237 #9DC237

triadic

#C2A237 #37C2A2 #A237C2

tetradic

#C2A237 #37C25D #3757C2 #C2379D

square

#C2A237 #37C25D #3757C2 #C2379D

split-complementary

#C2A237 #379DC2 #5D37C2

monochromatic

#63521C #927A29 #C2A237 #D3B963 #E0CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C2A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C2A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A237

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A237	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd74',
    500: '#c2a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a237;
$custom-light: #d8bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A237

secondary

#8999CB

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A237

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

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