#C2B253#C2B253

#C2B253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B253
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -6.26, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 50.14, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0201 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.117 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7313, 43.9362, 14.5696)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B253 #5363C2

analogous

#C27B53 #C2B253 #9BC253

triadic

#C2B253 #53C2B2 #B253C2

tetradic

#C2B253 #53C27B #5363C2 #C2539B

square

#C2B253 #53C27B #5363C2 #C2539B

split-complementary

#C2B253 #539BC2 #7B53C2

monochromatic

#726828 #9F9038 #C2B253 #D2C680 #E2DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C2B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B253

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B253	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c886',
    500: '#c2b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b253;
$custom-light: #d7c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75808,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B253

secondary

#A1A8D0

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B253

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

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