#C2B256#C2B256

#C2B256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B256
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -6.02, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 48.74, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0191 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8496, 43.9836, 15.1929)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B256 #5666C2

analogous

#C27C56 #C2B256 #9CC256

triadic

#C2B256 #56C2B2 #B256C2

tetradic

#C2B256 #56C27C #5666C2 #C2569C

square

#C2B256 #56C27C #5666C2 #C2569C

split-complementary

#C2B256 #569CC2 #7C56C2

monochromatic

#74692A #A1923A #C2B256 #D2C683 #E2DBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C2B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C2B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B256

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B256	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c888',
    500: '#c2b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b256;
$custom-light: #d7c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75844,
    "c": 0.11462,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B256

secondary

#A3AAD1

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B256

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

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