#C2A937#C2A937

#C2A937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A937
RGB	rgb(194, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -3.28, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 59.20, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0148 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1275, 40.1230, 9.4026)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A937 #3750C2

analogous

#C26437 #C2A937 #96C237

triadic

#C2A937 #37C2A9 #A937C2

tetradic

#C2A937 #37C264 #3750C2 #C23796

square

#C2A937 #37C264 #3750C2 #C23796

split-complementary

#C2A937 #3796C2 #6437C2

monochromatic

#63561C #927F29 #C2A937 #D3BF63 #E0D293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C2A937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C2A937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A937

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A937	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c275',
    500: '#c2a937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a937;
$custom-light: #d8c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73649,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A937

secondary

#8995CB

accent

#64DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A937

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

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