#C2A539#C2A539

#C2A539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A539
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -1.05, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 57.28, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0083 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4437, 38.6770, 9.4160)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A539 #3956C2

analogous

#C26039 #C2A539 #9BC239

triadic

#C2A539 #39C2A5 #A539C2

tetradic

#C2A539 #39C260 #3956C2 #C2399B

square

#C2A539 #39C260 #3956C2 #C2399B

split-complementary

#C2A539 #399BC2 #6039C2

monochromatic

#63551D #937D2B #C2A539 #D2BB66 #E0D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C2A539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C2A539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A539

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A539	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf76',
    500: '#c2a539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a539;
$custom-light: #d8bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72831,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A539

secondary

#8B99CB

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A539

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

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