#C2A940#C2A940

#C2A940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.126 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A940
RGB	rgb(194, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -2.80, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 55.57, 92.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0124 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.126 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3633, 40.2173, 10.6442)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A940 #4059C2

analogous

#C26840 #C2A940 #9AC240

triadic

#C2A940 #40C2A9 #A940C2

tetradic

#C2A940 #40C268 #4059C2 #C2409A

square

#C2A940 #40C268 #4059C2 #C2409A

split-complementary

#C2A940 #409AC2 #6840C2

monochromatic

#675921 #958230 #C2A940 #D1BE6E #E0D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C2A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#C2A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A940

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A940	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.126 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c27a',
    500: '#c2a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a940;
$custom-light: #d8c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73723,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A940

secondary

#929DCC

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A940

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

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