#C2A856#C2A856

#C2A856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.106 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A856
RGB	rgb(194, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -0.74, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 45.29, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0038 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.106 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9320, 40.1483, 14.5537)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A856 #5670C2

analogous

#C27256 #C2A856 #A6C256

triadic

#C2A856 #56C2A8 #A856C2

tetradic

#C2A856 #56C272 #5670C2 #C256A6

square

#C2A856 #56C272 #5670C2 #C256A6

split-complementary

#C2A856 #56A6C2 #7256C2

monochromatic

#74622A #A1883A #C2A856 #D2BF83 #E2D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C2A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C2A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A856

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A856	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)

#B7A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.106 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c188',
    500: '#c2a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a856;
$custom-light: #d7c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73753,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A856

secondary

#A3AED1

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A856

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

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