#C2B249#C2B249

#C2B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B249
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -6.97, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 54.66, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0233 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3727, 43.7928, 12.6810)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B249 #4959C2

analogous

#C27649 #C2B249 #96C249

triadic

#C2B249 #49C2B2 #B249C2

tetradic

#C2B249 #49C276 #4959C2 #C24996

square

#C2B249 #49C276 #4959C2 #C24996

split-complementary

#C2B249 #4996C2 #7649C2

monochromatic

#6C6324 #9A8D34 #C2B249 #D1C577 #E1D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C2B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B249

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B249	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c880',
    500: '#c2b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b249;
$custom-light: #d7c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B249

secondary

#99A0CE

accent

#61D94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B249

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

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