#C2A638#C2A638

#C2A638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.129 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A638
RGB	rgb(194, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -1.64, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 57.96, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.01 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.129 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6000, 39.0293, 9.3462)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A638 #3854C2

analogous

#C26138 #C2A638 #99C238

triadic

#C2A638 #38C2A6 #A638C2

tetradic

#C2A638 #38C261 #3854C2 #C23899

square

#C2A638 #38C261 #3854C2 #C23899

split-complementary

#C2A638 #3899C2 #6138C2

monochromatic

#63551D #937D2A #C2A638 #D2BC65 #E0D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C2A638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C2A638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A638

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A638	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.129 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c075',
    500: '#c2a638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a638;
$custom-light: #d8c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A638

secondary

#8A98CB

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A638

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

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