#C2B142#C2B142

#C2B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B142
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -6.89, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 57.30, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0239 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9553, 43.3087, 11.4607)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B142 #4253C2

analogous

#C27142 #C2B142 #93C242

triadic

#C2B142 #42C2B1 #B142C2

tetradic

#C2B142 #42C271 #4253C2 #C24293

square

#C2B142 #42C271 #4253C2 #C24293

split-complementary

#C2B142 #4293C2 #7142C2

monochromatic

#685F22 #968931 #C2B142 #D1C470 #E0D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C2B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C2B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B142

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B142	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)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87c',
    500: '#c2b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b142;
$custom-light: #d8c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75424,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B142

secondary

#949BCC

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B142

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

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