#C2A544#C2A544

#C2A544 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.120 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A544
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -0.42, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 52.67, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0051 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.12 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7484, 38.7989, 11.0210)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A544 #4461C2

analogous

#C26644 #C2A544 #A0C244

triadic

#C2A544 #44C2A5 #A544C2

tetradic

#C2A544 #44C266 #4461C2 #C244A0

square

#C2A544 #44C266 #4461C2 #C244A0

split-complementary

#C2A544 #44A0C2 #6644C2

monochromatic

#695922 #978031 #C2A544 #D1BB72 #E0D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C2A544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C2A544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A544

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A544	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.120 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf7c',
    500: '#c2a544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a544;
$custom-light: #d8bf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A544

secondary

#95A2CD

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A544

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

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