#C2A438#C2A438

#C2A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A438
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -0.57, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 57.41, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.007 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.128 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2393, 38.3078, 9.2260)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A438 #3856C2

analogous

#C25F38 #C2A438 #9BC238

triadic

#C2A438 #38C2A4 #A438C2

tetradic

#C2A438 #38C25F #3856C2 #C2389B

square

#C2A438 #38C25F #3856C2 #C2389B

split-complementary

#C2A438 #389BC2 #5F38C2

monochromatic

#63541D #937C2A #C2A438 #D2BB65 #E0D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C2A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C2A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A438

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A438	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be75',
    500: '#c2a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a438;
$custom-light: #d8be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.12808,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A438

secondary

#8A99CB

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A438

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

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