#C2A857#C2A857

#C2A857 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A857
RGB	rgb(194, 168, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -0.65, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 44.81, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0035 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.105 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9726, 40.1645, 14.7674)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A857 #5771C2

analogous

#C27357 #C2A857 #A6C257

triadic

#C2A857 #57C2A8 #A857C2

tetradic

#C2A857 #57C273 #5771C2 #C257A6

square

#C2A857 #57C273 #5771C2 #C257A6

split-complementary

#C2A857 #57A6C2 #7357C2

monochromatic

#74622A #A1883B #C2A857 #D2BF84 #E3D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C2A857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C2A857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A857

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A857	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B7A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 168, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c188',
    500: '#c2a857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a857;
$custom-light: #d7c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A857

secondary

#A4AFD1

accent

#72D651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A857

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

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