#C2A449#C2A449

#C2A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.115 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A449
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 0.44, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 50.15, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.002 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.115 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.7279, 38.5033, 11.7994)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A449 #4967C2

analogous

#C26849 #C2A449 #A3C249

triadic

#C2A449 #49C2A4 #A449C2

tetradic

#C2A449 #49C268 #4967C2 #C249A3

square

#C2A449 #49C268 #4967C2 #C249A3

split-complementary

#C2A449 #49A3C2 #6849C2

monochromatic

#6C5A24 #9A8134 #C2A449 #D1BB77 #E1D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C2A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C2A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A449

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A449	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.115 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be7f',
    500: '#c2a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a449;
$custom-light: #d8be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72774,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.38501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A449

secondary

#99A6CE

accent

#71D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A449

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

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