#C2B037#C2B037

#C2B037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B037
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -6.96, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 61.34, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0253 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4648, 42.7976, 9.8484)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B037 #3749C2

analogous

#C26B37 #C2B037 #8FC237

triadic

#C2B037 #37C2B0 #B037C2

tetradic

#C2B037 #37C26B #3749C2 #C2378F

square

#C2B037 #37C26B #3749C2 #C2378F

split-complementary

#C2B037 #378FC2 #6B37C2

monochromatic

#63591C #928529 #C2B037 #D3C463 #E0D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C2B037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C2B037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B037

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B037	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c776',
    500: '#c2b037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b037;
$custom-light: #d8c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75123,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B037

secondary

#8992CB

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B037

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

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