#C2A240#C2A240

#C2A240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A240
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 0.94, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 53.57, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0017 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.121 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0957, 37.6822, 10.2217)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A240 #4060C2

analogous

#C26140 #C2A240 #A1C240

triadic

#C2A240 #40C2A2 #A240C2

tetradic

#C2A240 #40C261 #4060C2 #C240A1

square

#C2A240 #40C261 #4060C2 #C240A1

split-complementary

#C2A240 #40A1C2 #6140C2

monochromatic

#675621 #957C30 #C2A240 #D1B96E #E0CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C2A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C2A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A240

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A240	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd7a',
    500: '#c2a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a240;
$custom-light: #d8bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A240

secondary

#92A0CC

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A240

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

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