#C2B165#C2B165

#C2B165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.099 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B165
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 47.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -4.18, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 41.09, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0121 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.099 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3204, 43.8547, 18.6503)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B165 #6576C2

analogous

#C28265 #C2B165 #A5C265

triadic

#C2B165 #65C2B1 #B165C2

tetradic

#C2B165 #65C282 #6576C2 #C265A5

square

#C2B165 #65C282 #6576C2 #C265A5

split-complementary

#C2B165 #65A5C2 #8265C2

monochromatic

#7C6E31 #A79542 #C2B165 #D3C791 #E5DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C2B165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B165

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B165	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.099 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c892',
    500: '#c2b165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b165;
$custom-light: #d6c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.032,
    "s": 43.256,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75833,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B165

secondary

#AFB6D4

accent

#6CD355

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B165

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

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