#C2B140#C2B140

#C2B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B140
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -7.01, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 58.13, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0245 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8974, 43.2855, 11.1555)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B140 #4051C2

analogous

#C27040 #C2B140 #92C240

triadic

#C2B140 #40C2B1 #B140C2

tetradic

#C2B140 #40C270 #4051C2 #C24092

square

#C2B140 #40C270 #4051C2 #C24092

split-complementary

#C2B140 #4092C2 #7040C2

monochromatic

#675E21 #958830 #C2B140 #D1C46E #E0D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C2B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C2B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B140

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B140	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87b',
    500: '#c2b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b140;
$custom-light: #d8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B140

secondary

#929ACC

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B140

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

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