#C2B048#C2B048

#C2B048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B048
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -5.99, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 54.39, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0206 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9448, 42.9896, 12.3761)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B048 #485AC2

analogous

#C27348 #C2B048 #97C248

triadic

#C2B048 #48C2B0 #B048C2

tetradic

#C2B048 #48C273 #485AC2 #C24897

square

#C2B048 #48C273 #485AC2 #C24897

split-complementary

#C2B048 #4897C2 #7348C2

monochromatic

#6C6124 #9A8A33 #C2B048 #D1C476 #E1D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C2B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C2B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B048

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B048	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c77f',
    500: '#c2b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b048;
$custom-light: #d7c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75269,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B048

secondary

#98A0CE

accent

#63DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B048

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

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