#C2A549#C2A549

#C2A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A549
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -0.10, 50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 50.44, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0036 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.116 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9076, 38.8626, 11.8593)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A549 #4966C2

analogous

#C26949 #C2A549 #A2C249

triadic

#C2A549 #49C2A5 #A549C2

tetradic

#C2A549 #49C269 #4966C2 #C249A2

square

#C2A549 #49C269 #4966C2 #C249A2

split-complementary

#C2A549 #49A2C2 #6949C2

monochromatic

#6C5B24 #9A8234 #C2A549 #D1BC77 #E1D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C2A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C2A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A549

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A549	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf7f',
    500: '#c2a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a549;
$custom-light: #d7bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7298,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A549

secondary

#99A6CE

accent

#70D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A549

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

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