#C2A540#C2A540

#C2A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A540
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -0.67, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 54.39, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0063 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.123 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6305, 38.7518, 10.3999)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A540 #405DC2

analogous

#C26440 #C2A540 #9EC240

triadic

#C2A540 #40C2A5 #A540C2

tetradic

#C2A540 #40C264 #405DC2 #C2409E

square

#C2A540 #40C264 #405DC2 #C2409E

split-complementary

#C2A540 #409EC2 #6440C2

monochromatic

#675721 #957F30 #C2A540 #D1BB6E #E0D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C2A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C2A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A540

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A540	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf7a',
    500: '#c2a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a540;
$custom-light: #d8bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A540

secondary

#929FCC

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A540

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

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