#C2B229#C2B229

#C2B229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.147 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B229
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 78.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -8.59, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 66.73, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0312 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.147 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5706, 43.4720, 8.4567)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B229 #2939C2

analogous

#C26529 #C2B229 #85C229

triadic

#C2B229 #29C2B2 #B229C2

tetradic

#C2B229 #29C265 #2939C2 #C22985

square

#C2B229 #29C265 #2939C2 #C22985

split-complementary

#C2B229 #2985C2 #6529C2

monochromatic

#5D5514 #8F841E #C2B229 #DACB4E #E4DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C2B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C2B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B229

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B229	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.147 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c86f',
    500: '#c2b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b229;
$custom-light: #d9c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.725,
    "s": 65.106,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75461,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B229

secondary

#7A82CD

accent

#51E840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B229

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

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