#C2A738#C2A738

#C2A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A738
RGB	rgb(194, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -2.17, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 58.24, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0116 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7825, 39.3943, 9.4070)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A738 #3853C2

analogous

#C26238 #C2A738 #98C238

triadic

#C2A738 #38C2A7 #A738C2

tetradic

#C2A738 #38C262 #3853C2 #C23898

square

#C2A738 #38C262 #3853C2 #C23898

split-complementary

#C2A738 #3898C2 #6238C2

monochromatic

#63551D #937E2A #C2A738 #D2BD65 #E0D194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C2A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C2A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A738

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A738	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c075',
    500: '#c2a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a738;
$custom-light: #d8c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A738

secondary

#8A97CB

accent

#66DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A738

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

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