#C2A838#C2A838

#C2A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.131 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A838
RGB	rgb(194, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -2.70, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 58.52, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0131 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.131 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9664, 39.7621, 9.4683)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A838 #3852C2

analogous

#C26338 #C2A838 #97C238

triadic

#C2A838 #38C2A8 #A838C2

tetradic

#C2A838 #38C263 #3852C2 #C23897

square

#C2A838 #38C263 #3852C2 #C23897

split-complementary

#C2A838 #3897C2 #6338C2

monochromatic

#63561D #937F2A #C2A838 #D2BE65 #E0D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C2A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C2A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A838

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A838	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.131 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c175',
    500: '#c2a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a838;
$custom-light: #d8c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73447,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A838

secondary

#8A97CB

accent

#65DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A838

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

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