#C2A238#C2A238

#C2A238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A238
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 0.50, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 56.89, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0039 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.127 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8842, 37.5976, 9.1076)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A238 #3858C2

analogous

#C25D38 #C2A238 #9DC238

triadic

#C2A238 #38C2A2 #A238C2

tetradic

#C2A238 #38C25D #3858C2 #C2389D

square

#C2A238 #38C25D #3858C2 #C2389D

split-complementary

#C2A238 #389DC2 #5D38C2

monochromatic

#63531D #937A2A #C2A238 #D2B965 #E0CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C2A238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C2A238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A238

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A238	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd75',
    500: '#c2a238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a238;
$custom-light: #d8bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72201,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A238

secondary

#8A99CB

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A238

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

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