#C2A855#C2A855

#C2A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.107 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A855
RGB	rgb(194, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -0.82, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 45.77, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0042 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.107 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8920, 40.1323, 14.3430)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A855 #556FC2

analogous

#C27255 #C2A855 #A6C255

triadic

#C2A855 #55C2A8 #A855C2

tetradic

#C2A855 #55C272 #556FC2 #C255A6

square

#C2A855 #55C272 #556FC2 #C255A6

split-complementary

#C2A855 #55A6C2 #7255C2

monochromatic

#736229 #A0883A #C2A855 #D2BF82 #E2D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C2A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C2A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A855

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A855	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.107 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c187',
    500: '#c2a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a855;
$custom-light: #d7c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A855

secondary

#A2ADD0

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A855

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

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