#C2B237#C2B237

#C2B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B237
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -8.00, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 61.99, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0283 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8599, 43.5877, 9.9800)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B237 #3747C2

analogous

#C26D37 #C2B237 #8DC237

triadic

#C2B237 #37C2B2 #B237C2

tetradic

#C2B237 #37C26D #3747C2 #C2378D

square

#C2B237 #37C26D #3747C2 #C2378D

split-complementary

#C2B237 #378DC2 #6D37C2

monochromatic

#635B1C #928629 #C2B237 #D3C663 #E0D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C2B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B237

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B237	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c876',
    500: '#c2b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b237;
$custom-light: #d8c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75548,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B237

secondary

#8991CB

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B237

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

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