#C2A338#C2A338

#C2A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A338
RGB	rgb(194, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -0.04, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 57.15, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0055 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.127 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0611, 37.9513, 9.1666)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A338 #3857C2

analogous

#C25E38 #C2A338 #9CC238

triadic

#C2A338 #38C2A3 #A338C2

tetradic

#C2A338 #38C25E #3857C2 #C2389C

square

#C2A338 #38C25E #3857C2 #C2389C

split-complementary

#C2A338 #389CC2 #5E38C2

monochromatic

#63531D #937B2A #C2A338 #D2BA65 #E0CF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C2A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C2A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A338

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A338	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd75',
    500: '#c2a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a338;
$custom-light: #d8bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72408,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A338

secondary

#8A99CB

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A338

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

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