#C2A23E#C2A23E

#C2A23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A23E
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 0.82, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 54.42, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0023 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.123 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0398, 37.6599, 9.9273)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A23E #3E5EC2

analogous

#C2603E #C2A23E #A0C23E

triadic

#C2A23E #3EC2A2 #A23EC2

tetradic

#C2A23E #3EC260 #3E5EC2 #C23EA0

square

#C2A23E #3EC260 #3E5EC2 #C23EA0

split-complementary

#C2A23E #3EA0C2 #603EC2

monochromatic

#665520 #947B2F #C2A23E #D1B86D #DFCF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C2A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C2A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A23E

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A23E	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd78',
    500: '#c2a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a23e;
$custom-light: #d8bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72253,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A23E

secondary

#909FCB

accent

#6FDB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A23E

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

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