#C2B156#C2B156

#C2B156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B156
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -5.50, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 48.37, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0176 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6514, 43.5871, 15.1268)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B156 #5667C2

analogous

#C27B56 #C2B156 #9DC256

triadic

#C2B156 #56C2B1 #B156C2

tetradic

#C2B156 #56C27B #5667C2 #C2569D

square

#C2B156 #56C27B #5667C2 #C2569D

split-complementary

#C2B156 #569DC2 #7B56C2

monochromatic

#74682A #A1913A #C2B156 #D2C683 #E2DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C2B156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B156

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B156	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c888',
    500: '#c2b156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b156;
$custom-light: #d7c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B156

secondary

#A3AAD1

accent

#66D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B156

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

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