#C2A939#C2A939

#C2A939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A939
RGB	rgb(194, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -3.18, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 58.42, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0143 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.131 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1765, 40.1426, 9.6602)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A939 #3952C2

analogous

#C26539 #C2A939 #97C239

triadic

#C2A939 #39C2A9 #A939C2

tetradic

#C2A939 #39C265 #3952C2 #C23997

square

#C2A939 #39C265 #3952C2 #C23997

split-complementary

#C2A939 #3997C2 #6539C2

monochromatic

#63571D #93802B #C2A939 #D2BE66 #E0D295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C2A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C2A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A939

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A939	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)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c276',
    500: '#c2a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a939;
$custom-light: #d8c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73664,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A939

secondary

#8B97CB

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A939

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

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