#C2A836#C2A836

#C2A836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A836
RGB	rgb(194, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -2.80, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 59.30, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0136 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.132 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9185, 39.7429, 9.2159)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A836 #3650C2

analogous

#C26236 #C2A836 #96C236

triadic

#C2A836 #36C2A8 #A836C2

tetradic

#C2A836 #36C262 #3650C2 #C23696

square

#C2A836 #36C262 #3650C2 #C23696

split-complementary

#C2A836 #3696C2 #6236C2

monochromatic

#62551B #927F29 #C2A836 #D3BE62 #E1D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C2A836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C2A836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A836

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A836	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c174',
    500: '#c2a836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a836;
$custom-light: #d8c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A836

secondary

#8895CC

accent

#64E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A836

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

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