#C2B051#C2B051

#C2B051 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B051
RGB	rgb(194, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -5.36, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 50.34, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0178 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.117 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2602, 43.1157, 14.0371)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B051 #5163C2

analogous

#C27851 #C2B051 #9CC251

triadic

#C2B051 #51C2B0 #B051C2

tetradic

#C2B051 #51C278 #5163C2 #C2519C

square

#C2B051 #51C278 #5163C2 #C2519C

split-complementary

#C2B051 #519CC2 #7851C2

monochromatic

#716528 #9E8E37 #C2B051 #D2C57E #E2D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C2B051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C2B051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B051

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B051	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c785',
    500: '#c2b051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b051;
$custom-light: #d7c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75364,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B051

secondary

#9FA7D0

accent

#66D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B051

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

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