#C2A840#C2A840

#C2A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.125 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A840
RGB	rgb(194, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -2.26, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 55.27, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0109 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.125 95)
XYZ	xyz(37.1780, 39.8467, 10.5824)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A840 #405AC2

analogous

#C26740 #C2A840 #9BC240

triadic

#C2A840 #40C2A8 #A840C2

tetradic

#C2A840 #40C267 #405AC2 #C2409B

square

#C2A840 #40C267 #405AC2 #C2409B

split-complementary

#C2A840 #409BC2 #6740C2

monochromatic

#675921 #958130 #C2A840 #D1BD6E #E0D29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C2A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#C2A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A840

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A840	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.125 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c17a',
    500: '#c2a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a840;
$custom-light: #d8c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73515,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.39845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A840

secondary

#929ECC

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A840

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

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