#C2A440#C2A440

#C2A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.122 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A440
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -0.13, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 54.11, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0048 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.122 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4508, 38.3924, 10.3400)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A440 #405EC2

analogous

#C26340 #C2A440 #9FC240

triadic

#C2A440 #40C2A4 #A440C2

tetradic

#C2A440 #40C263 #405EC2 #C2409F

square

#C2A440 #40C263 #405EC2 #C2409F

split-complementary

#C2A440 #409FC2 #6340C2

monochromatic

#675721 #957E30 #C2A440 #D1BA6E #E0D09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C2A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C2A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A440

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A440	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.122 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be7a',
    500: '#c2a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a440;
$custom-light: #d8be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72684,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A440

secondary

#929FCC

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A440

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

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