#C2B151#C2B151

#C2B151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B151
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -5.89, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 50.70, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0193 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.118 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4570, 43.5093, 14.1027)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B151 #5162C2

analogous

#C27951 #C2B151 #9BC251

triadic

#C2B151 #51C2B1 #B151C2

tetradic

#C2B151 #51C279 #5162C2 #C2519B

square

#C2B151 #51C279 #5162C2 #C2519B

split-complementary

#C2B151 #519BC2 #7951C2

monochromatic

#716628 #9E8F37 #C2B151 #D2C57E #E2DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C2B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B151

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B151	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c885',
    500: '#c2b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b151;
$custom-light: #d7c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75575,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B151

secondary

#9FA7D0

accent

#65D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B151

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

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