#C2A52A#C2A52A

#C2A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A52A
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -1.72, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 62.77, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0117 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.137 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1232, 38.5488, 7.7280)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A52A #2A47C2

analogous

#C2592A #C2A52A #93C22A

triadic

#C2A52A #2AC2A5 #A52AC2

tetradic

#C2A52A #2AC259 #2A47C2 #C22A93

square

#C2A52A #2AC259 #2A47C2 #C22A93

split-complementary

#C2A52A #2A93C2 #592AC2

monochromatic

#5D4F14 #907A1F #C2A52A #D9BF50 #E4D182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C2A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C2A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A52A

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A52A	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf6e',
    500: '#c2a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a52a;
$custom-light: #d9bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.553,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A52A

secondary

#7B8BCD

accent

#60E740

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A52A

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

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