#C2B040#C2B040

#C2B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B040
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -6.48, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 57.79, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.023 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7006, 42.8919, 11.0899)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B040 #4052C2

analogous

#C26F40 #C2B040 #93C240

triadic

#C2B040 #40C2B0 #B040C2

tetradic

#C2B040 #40C26F #4052C2 #C24093

square

#C2B040 #40C26F #4052C2 #C24093

split-complementary

#C2B040 #4093C2 #6F40C2

monochromatic

#675D21 #958730 #C2B040 #D1C36E #E0D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C2B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C2B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B040

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B040	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77b',
    500: '#c2b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b040;
$custom-light: #d8c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75195,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B040

secondary

#929ACC

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B040

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

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