#C2A531#C2A531

#C2A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A531
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -1.43, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 60.35, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0102 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.133 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2596, 38.6034, 8.4465)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A531 #314EC2

analogous

#C25C31 #C2A531 #96C231

triadic

#C2A531 #31C2A5 #A531C2

tetradic

#C2A531 #31C25C #314EC2 #C23196

square

#C2A531 #31C25C #314EC2 #C23196

split-complementary

#C2A531 #3196C2 #5C31C2

monochromatic

#605218 #917B25 #C2A531 #D6BD5B #E2D18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C2A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C2A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A531

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A531	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bf71',
    500: '#c2a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a531;
$custom-light: #d9bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A531

secondary

#8391CC

accent

#65E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A531

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

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