#C2B22C#C2B22C

#C2B22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.146 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B22C
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -8.48, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 65.80, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0307 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.146 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6250, 43.4937, 8.7430)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B22C #2C3CC2

analogous

#C2672C #C2B22C #87C22C

triadic

#C2B22C #2CC2B2 #B22CC2

tetradic

#C2B22C #2CC267 #2C3CC2 #C22C87

square

#C2B22C #2CC267 #2C3CC2 #C22C87

split-complementary

#C2B22C #2C87C2 #672CC2

monochromatic

#5E5615 #908421 #C2B22C #D8CA53 #E3D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C2B22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C2B22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B22C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B22C	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.146 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c870',
    500: '#c2b22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b22c;
$custom-light: #d9c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.6,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B22C

secondary

#7D86CD

accent

#53E642

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B22C

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

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