#C2A42A#C2A42A

#C2A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A42A
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -1.18, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 62.52, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0102 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.136 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9435, 38.1895, 7.6682)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A42A #2A48C2

analogous

#C2582A #C2A42A #94C22A

triadic

#C2A42A #2AC2A4 #A42AC2

tetradic

#C2A42A #2AC258 #2A48C2 #C22A94

square

#C2A42A #2AC258 #2A48C2 #C22A94

split-complementary

#C2A42A #2A94C2 #582AC2

monochromatic

#5D4F14 #90791F #C2A42A #D9BE50 #E4D182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C2A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#C2A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A42A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A42A	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A10E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be6e',
    500: '#c2a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a42a;
$custom-light: #d9be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72519,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A42A

secondary

#7B8BCD

accent

#61E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A42A

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

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