#C2B240#C2B240

#C2B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B240
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -7.53, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 58.47, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0259 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0956, 43.6820, 11.2216)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B240 #4050C2

analogous

#C27140 #C2B240 #91C240

triadic

#C2B240 #40C2B2 #B240C2

tetradic

#C2B240 #40C271 #4050C2 #C24091

square

#C2B240 #40C271 #4050C2 #C24091

split-complementary

#C2B240 #4091C2 #7140C2

monochromatic

#675E21 #958930 #C2B240 #D1C56E #E0D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C2B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B240

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B240	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87b',
    500: '#c2b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b240;
$custom-light: #d8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75618,
    "c": 0.13304,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B240

secondary

#9299CC

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B240

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

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