#C2B042#C2B042

#C2B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B042
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -6.37, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 56.96, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0224 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7585, 42.9151, 11.3951)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B042 #4254C2

analogous

#C27042 #C2B042 #94C242

triadic

#C2B042 #42C2B0 #B042C2

tetradic

#C2B042 #42C270 #4254C2 #C24294

square

#C2B042 #42C270 #4254C2 #C24294

split-complementary

#C2B042 #4294C2 #7042C2

monochromatic

#685E22 #968831 #C2B042 #D1C370 #E0D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C2B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C2B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B042

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B042	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77c',
    500: '#c2b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b042;
$custom-light: #d8c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B042

secondary

#949CCC

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B042

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

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