#C2B23D#C2B23D

#C2B23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B23D
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -7.70, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 59.68, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0267 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0125, 43.6487, 10.7841)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B23D #3D4DC2

analogous

#C2703D #C2B23D #8FC23D

triadic

#C2B23D #3DC2B2 #B23DC2

tetradic

#C2B23D #3DC270 #3D4DC2 #C23D8F

square

#C2B23D #3DC270 #3D4DC2 #C23D8F

split-complementary

#C2B23D #3D8FC2 #703DC2

monochromatic

#655D20 #93872E #C2B23D #D1C46C #DFD79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C2B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B23D

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B23D	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)

#C2AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c879',
    500: '#c2b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b23d;
$custom-light: #d8c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B23D

secondary

#9097CB

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B23D

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

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