#C2B245#C2B245

#C2B245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B245
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -7.23, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 56.38, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0245 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2443, 43.7415, 12.0048)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B245 #4555C2

analogous

#C27445 #C2B245 #94C245

triadic

#C2B245 #45C2B2 #B245C2

tetradic

#C2B245 #45C274 #4555C2 #C24594

square

#C2B245 #45C274 #4555C2 #C24594

split-complementary

#C2B245 #4594C2 #7445C2

monochromatic

#6A6123 #988B32 #C2B245 #D1C573 #E0D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C2B245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B245

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B245	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c87e',
    500: '#c2b245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b245;
$custom-light: #d8c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B245

secondary

#969DCD

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B245

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

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