#C2B239#C2B239

#C2B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B239
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -7.90, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 61.23, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0278 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9088, 43.6072, 10.2377)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B239 #3949C2

analogous

#C26E39 #C2B239 #8EC239

triadic

#C2B239 #39C2B2 #B239C2

tetradic

#C2B239 #39C26E #3949C2 #C2398E

square

#C2B239 #39C26E #3949C2 #C2398E

split-complementary

#C2B239 #398EC2 #6E39C2

monochromatic

#635B1D #93872B #C2B239 #D2C566 #E0D795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#C2B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B239

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B239	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)

#C2AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c877',
    500: '#c2b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b239;
$custom-light: #d8c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75563,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B239

secondary

#8B93CB

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B239

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

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