#C2A949#C2A949

#C2A949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.119 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A949
RGB	rgb(194, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -2.23, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 51.65, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0097 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.119 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6404, 40.3282, 12.1035)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A949 #4962C2

analogous

#C26C49 #C2A949 #9FC249

triadic

#C2A949 #49C2A9 #A949C2

tetradic

#C2A949 #49C26C #4962C2 #C2499F

square

#C2A949 #49C26C #4962C2 #C2499F

split-complementary

#C2A949 #499FC2 #6C49C2

monochromatic

#6C5D24 #9A8534 #C2A949 #D1BF77 #E1D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C2A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#C2A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A949

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A949	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.119 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c280',
    500: '#c2a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a949;
$custom-light: #d7c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73811,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A949

secondary

#99A4CE

accent

#6BD94E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A949

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

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