#C2A342#C2A342

#C2A342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A342
RGB	rgb(194, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 0.52, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 52.98, 89.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0027 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.12 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3305, 38.0591, 10.5857)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A342 #4261C2

analogous

#C26342 #C2A342 #A1C242

triadic

#C2A342 #42C2A3 #A342C2

tetradic

#C2A342 #42C263 #4261C2 #C242A1

square

#C2A342 #42C263 #4261C2 #C242A1

split-complementary

#C2A342 #42A1C2 #6342C2

monochromatic

#685722 #967E31 #C2A342 #D1BA70 #E0D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C2A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C2A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A342

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A342	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd7b',
    500: '#c2a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a342;
$custom-light: #d8bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A342

secondary

#94A1CC

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A342

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

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