#C2B23B#C2B23B

#C2B23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B23B
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -7.80, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 60.46, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0273 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9597, 43.6276, 10.5056)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B23B #3B4BC2

analogous

#C26F3B #C2B23B #8FC23B

triadic

#C2B23B #3BC2B2 #B23BC2

tetradic

#C2B23B #3BC26F #3B4BC2 #C23B8F

square

#C2B23B #3BC26F #3B4BC2 #C23B8F

split-complementary

#C2B23B #3B8FC2 #6F3BC2

monochromatic

#645C1E #93872D #C2B23B #D1C569 #E0D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C2B23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B23B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B23B	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c878',
    500: '#c2b23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b23b;
$custom-light: #d8c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75578,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B23B

secondary

#8E95CB

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B23B

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

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