#C2B161#C2B161

#C2B161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.103 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B161
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -4.56, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 43.07, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0136 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.103 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1292, 43.7782, 17.6432)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B161 #6172C2

analogous

#C28161 #C2B161 #A2C261

triadic

#C2B161 #61C2B1 #B161C2

tetradic

#C2B161 #61C281 #6172C2 #C261A2

square

#C2B161 #61C281 #6172C2 #C261A2

split-complementary

#C2B161 #61A2C2 #8161C2

monochromatic

#7A6D2F #A69440 #C2B161 #D3C78D #E4DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C2B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B161

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B161	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.103 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c890',
    500: '#c2b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b161;
$custom-light: #d6c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75776,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B161

secondary

#ACB3D3

accent

#6AD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B161

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

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