#C2A535#C2A535

#C2A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A535
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -1.25, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 58.85, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0093 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.131 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3478, 38.6387, 8.9110)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A535 #3552C2

analogous

#C25F35 #C2A535 #98C235

triadic

#C2A535 #35C2A5 #A535C2

tetradic

#C2A535 #35C25F #3552C2 #C23598

square

#C2A535 #35C25F #3552C2 #C23598

split-complementary

#C2A535 #3598C2 #5F35C2

monochromatic

#62531B #927C28 #C2A535 #D4BC60 #E1D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C2A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C2A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A535

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A535	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf74',
    500: '#c2a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a535;
$custom-light: #d8bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A535

secondary

#8795CC

accent

#67E047

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A535

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

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