#C2B149#C2B149

#C2B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B149
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -6.45, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 54.30, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0218 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.1744, 43.3963, 12.6149)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B149 #495AC2

analogous

#C27449 #C2B149 #97C249

triadic

#C2B149 #49C2B1 #B149C2

tetradic

#C2B149 #49C274 #495AC2 #C24997

square

#C2B149 #49C274 #495AC2 #C24997

split-complementary

#C2B149 #4997C2 #7449C2

monochromatic

#6C6224 #9A8C34 #C2B149 #D1C577 #E1D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C2B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C2B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B149

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B149	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c880',
    500: '#c2b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b149;
$custom-light: #d7c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7549,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.43395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B149

secondary

#99A0CE

accent

#62D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B149

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

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