#C2B235#C2B235

#C2B235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B235
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -8.10, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 62.72, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0287 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8129, 43.5689, 9.7327)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B235 #3545C2

analogous

#C26B35 #C2B235 #8CC235

triadic

#C2B235 #35C2B2 #B235C2

tetradic

#C2B235 #35C26B #3545C2 #C2358C

square

#C2B235 #35C26B #3545C2 #C2358C

split-complementary

#C2B235 #358CC2 #6B35C2

monochromatic

#625A1B #928628 #C2B235 #D4C760 #E1D891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C2B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B235

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B235	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c875',
    500: '#c2b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b235;
$custom-light: #d8c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75534,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B235

secondary

#878FCC

accent

#59E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B235

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

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