#C2B242#C2B242

#C2B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B242
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -7.41, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 57.64, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0254 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1535, 43.7051, 11.5267)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B242 #4252C2

analogous

#C27242 #C2B242 #92C242

triadic

#C2B242 #42C2B2 #B242C2

tetradic

#C2B242 #42C272 #4252C2 #C24292

square

#C2B242 #42C272 #4252C2 #C24292

split-complementary

#C2B242 #4292C2 #7242C2

monochromatic

#685F22 #968A31 #C2B242 #D1C570 #E0D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C2B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#C2B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B242

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B242	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87c',
    500: '#c2b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b242;
$custom-light: #d8c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75636,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B242

secondary

#949BCC

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B242

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

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