#C2B038#C2B038

#C2B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B038
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -6.91, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 60.96, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0251 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4890, 42.8073, 9.9759)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B038 #384AC2

analogous

#C26B38 #C2B038 #8FC238

triadic

#C2B038 #38C2B0 #B038C2

tetradic

#C2B038 #38C26B #384AC2 #C2388F

square

#C2B038 #38C26B #384AC2 #C2388F

split-complementary

#C2B038 #388FC2 #6B38C2

monochromatic

#635A1D #93852A #C2B038 #D2C465 #E0D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C2B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C2B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B038

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B038	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c776',
    500: '#c2b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b038;
$custom-light: #d8c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B038

secondary

#8A93CB

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B038

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

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