#C2A345#C2A345

#C2A345 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.118 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A345
RGB	rgb(194, 163, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 0.71, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 51.66, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0017 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.118 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4213, 38.0954, 11.0638)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A345 #4564C2

analogous

#C26545 #C2A345 #A3C245

triadic

#C2A345 #45C2A3 #A345C2

tetradic

#C2A345 #45C265 #4564C2 #C245A3

square

#C2A345 #45C265 #4564C2 #C245A3

split-complementary

#C2A345 #45A3C2 #6545C2

monochromatic

#6A5823 #987F32 #C2A345 #D1BA73 #E0D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C2A345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C2A345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A345

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A345	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 163, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.118 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be7d',
    500: '#c2a345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a345;
$custom-light: #d8be7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72526,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A345

secondary

#96A4CD

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A345

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

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