#C2B045#C2B045

#C2B045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B045
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -6.18, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 55.69, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0215 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.128 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8493, 42.9514, 11.8732)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B045 #4557C2

analogous

#C27245 #C2B045 #96C245

triadic

#C2B045 #45C2B0 #B045C2

tetradic

#C2B045 #45C272 #4557C2 #C24596

square

#C2B045 #45C272 #4557C2 #C24596

split-complementary

#C2B045 #4596C2 #7245C2

monochromatic

#6A6023 #988932 #C2B045 #D1C473 #E0D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C2B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C2B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B045

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B045	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c77e',
    500: '#c2b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b045;
$custom-light: #d8c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7524,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B045

secondary

#969ECD

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B045

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

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