#C2A52C#C2A52C

#C2A52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A52C
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -1.64, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 62.11, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0113 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.136 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1599, 38.5635, 7.9213)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A52C #2C49C2

analogous

#C25A2C #C2A52C #94C22C

triadic

#C2A52C #2CC2A5 #A52CC2

tetradic

#C2A52C #2CC25A #2C49C2 #C22C94

square

#C2A52C #2CC25A #2C49C2 #C22C94

split-complementary

#C2A52C #2C94C2 #5A2CC2

monochromatic

#5E5015 #907B21 #C2A52C #D8BE53 #E3D185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C2A52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C2A52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A52C

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A52C	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)

#B7A213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf6f',
    500: '#c2a52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a52c;
$custom-light: #d9bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A52C

secondary

#7D8DCD

accent

#62E642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A52C

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

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