#C2B255#C2B255

#C2B255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B255
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -6.10, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 49.21, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0194 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8096, 43.9676, 14.9822)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B255 #5565C2

analogous

#C27C55 #C2B255 #9BC255

triadic

#C2B255 #55C2B2 #B255C2

tetradic

#C2B255 #55C27C #5565C2 #C2559B

square

#C2B255 #55C27C #5565C2 #C2559B

split-complementary

#C2B255 #559BC2 #7C55C2

monochromatic

#736829 #A0913A #C2B255 #D2C682 #E2DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C2B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C2B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B255

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B255	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C1AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c888',
    500: '#c2b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b255;
$custom-light: #d7c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75832,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B255

secondary

#A2A9D0

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B255

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

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