#C2B179#C2B179

#C2B179 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.076 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B179
RGB	rgb(194, 177, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 37.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -2.06, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 30.96, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0043 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.076 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4223, 44.2954, 24.4534)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B179 #798AC2

analogous

#C28D79 #C2B179 #AFC279

triadic

#C2B179 #79C2B1 #B179C2

tetradic

#C2B179 #79C28D #798AC2 #C279AF

square

#C2B179 #79C28D #798AC2 #C279AF

split-complementary

#C2B179 #79AFC2 #8D79C2

monochromatic

#84743C #AE984F #C2B179 #D5C9A3 #E8E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C2B179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C2B179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B179

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B179	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 177, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.076 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c8a0',
    500: '#c2b179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b179;
$custom-light: #d5c8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76162,
    "c": 0.07647,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B179

secondary

#BEC4D9

accent

#52B035

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B179

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

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