#C2A437#C2A437

#C2A437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A437
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -0.62, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 57.81, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0072 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.129 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2151, 38.2982, 9.0985)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A437 #3755C2

analogous

#C25F37 #C2A437 #9BC237

triadic

#C2A437 #37C2A4 #A437C2

tetradic

#C2A437 #37C25F #3755C2 #C2379B

square

#C2A437 #37C25F #3755C2 #C2379B

split-complementary

#C2A437 #379BC2 #5F37C2

monochromatic

#63531C #927C29 #C2A437 #D3BB63 #E0D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C2A437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C2A437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A437

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A437	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be75',
    500: '#c2a437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a437;
$custom-light: #d8be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A437

secondary

#8998CB

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A437

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

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