#C2B238#C2B238

#C2B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B238
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -7.95, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 61.61, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.028 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8841, 43.5974, 10.1076)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B238 #3848C2

analogous

#C26D38 #C2B238 #8DC238

triadic

#C2B238 #38C2B2 #B238C2

tetradic

#C2B238 #38C26D #3848C2 #C2388D

square

#C2B238 #38C26D #3848C2 #C2388D

split-complementary

#C2B238 #388DC2 #6D38C2

monochromatic

#635B1D #93862A #C2B238 #D2C665 #E0D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C2B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B238

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B238	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)

#C3AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c876',
    500: '#c2b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b238;
$custom-light: #d8c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B238

secondary

#8A92CB

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B238

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

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