#C2B251#C2B251

#C2B251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B251
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -6.41, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 51.06, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0208 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(39.6552, 43.9058, 14.1688)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B251 #5161C2

analogous

#C27A51 #C2B251 #9AC251

triadic

#C2B251 #51C2B2 #B251C2

tetradic

#C2B251 #51C27A #5161C2 #C2519A

square

#C2B251 #51C27A #5161C2 #C2519A

split-complementary

#C2B251 #519AC2 #7A51C2

monochromatic

#716728 #9E9037 #C2B251 #D2C67E #E2DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C2B251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B251

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B251	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)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c885',
    500: '#c2b251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b251;
$custom-light: #d7c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.43904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B251

secondary

#9FA6D0

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B251

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

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