#C2B250#C2B250

#C2B250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B250
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 58.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -6.48, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 51.52, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0211 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6180, 43.8909, 13.9728)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B250 #5060C2

analogous

#C27950 #C2B250 #99C250

triadic

#C2B250 #50C2B2 #B250C2

tetradic

#C2B250 #50C279 #5060C2 #C25099

square

#C2B250 #50C279 #5060C2 #C25099

split-complementary

#C2B250 #5099C2 #7950C2

monochromatic

#706627 #9E8F37 #C2B250 #D2C67D #E2DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C2B250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B250

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B250	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c884',
    500: '#c2b250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b250;
$custom-light: #d7c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 48.305,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75775,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B250

secondary

#9FA5CF

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B250

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

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