#C2B138#C2B138

#C2B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B138
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -7.43, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 61.28, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0265 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6858, 43.2009, 10.0415)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B138 #3849C2

analogous

#C26C38 #C2B138 #8EC238

triadic

#C2B138 #38C2B1 #B138C2

tetradic

#C2B138 #38C26C #3849C2 #C2388E

square

#C2B138 #38C26C #3849C2 #C2388E

split-complementary

#C2B138 #388EC2 #6C38C2

monochromatic

#635A1D #93862A #C2B138 #D2C565 #E0D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C2B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C2B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B138

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B138	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c876',
    500: '#c2b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b138;
$custom-light: #d8c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B138

secondary

#8A92CB

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B138

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

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