#C2B046#C2B046

#C2B046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B046
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -6.12, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 55.26, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0212 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8806, 42.9639, 12.0380)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B046 #4658C2

analogous

#C27246 #C2B046 #96C246

triadic

#C2B046 #46C2B0 #B046C2

tetradic

#C2B046 #46C272 #4658C2 #C24696

square

#C2B046 #46C272 #4658C2 #C24696

split-complementary

#C2B046 #4696C2 #7246C2

monochromatic

#6A6023 #998A32 #C2B046 #D1C474 #E0D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C2B046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C2B046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B046

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B046	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)

#C0AB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c77e',
    500: '#c2b046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b046;
$custom-light: #d7c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 50.407,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B046

secondary

#979FCD

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B046

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

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