#C2A442#C2A442

#C2A442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A442
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -0.01, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 53.25, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0042 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.121 92)
XYZ	xyz(36.5088, 38.4156, 10.6452)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A442 #4260C2

analogous

#C26442 #C2A442 #A0C242

triadic

#C2A442 #42C2A4 #A442C2

tetradic

#C2A442 #42C264 #4260C2 #C242A0

square

#C2A442 #42C264 #4260C2 #C242A0

split-complementary

#C2A442 #42A0C2 #6442C2

monochromatic

#685822 #967E31 #C2A442 #D1BA70 #E0D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C2A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C2A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A442

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A442	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)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be7b',
    500: '#c2a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a442;
$custom-light: #d8be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72703,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.38414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A442

secondary

#94A1CC

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A442

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

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