#C2B160#C2B160

#C2B160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.104 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B160
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 50.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -4.65, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 43.56, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.014 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.104 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0829, 43.7597, 17.3992)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B160 #6071C2

analogous

#C28060 #C2B160 #A2C260

triadic

#C2B160 #60C2B1 #B160C2

tetradic

#C2B160 #60C280 #6071C2 #C260A2

square

#C2B160 #60C280 #6071C2 #C260A2

split-complementary

#C2B160 #60A2C2 #8060C2

monochromatic

#796C2E #A5943F #C2B160 #D3C78C #E4DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C2B160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B160

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B160	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.104 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c88f',
    500: '#c2b160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b160;
$custom-light: #d6c88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 44.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75762,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B160

secondary

#ABB2D3

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B160

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

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