#C2A537#C2A537

#C2A537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A537
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -1.15, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 58.08, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0088 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.129 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3948, 38.6575, 9.1583)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A537 #3754C2

analogous

#C26037 #C2A537 #9AC237

triadic

#C2A537 #37C2A5 #A537C2

tetradic

#C2A537 #37C260 #3754C2 #C2379A

square

#C2A537 #37C260 #3754C2 #C2379A

split-complementary

#C2A537 #379AC2 #6037C2

monochromatic

#63541C #927C29 #C2A537 #D3BC63 #E0D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C2A537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C2A537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A537

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A537	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)

#B6A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf75',
    500: '#c2a537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a537;
$custom-light: #d8bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A537

secondary

#8997CB

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A537

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

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