#C2B259#C2B259

#C2B259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B259
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -5.78, 46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 47.32, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.018 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9731, 44.0329, 15.8429)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B259 #5969C2

analogous

#C27D59 #C2B259 #9DC259

triadic

#C2B259 #59C2B2 #B259C2

tetradic

#C2B259 #59C27D #5969C2 #C2599D

square

#C2B259 #59C27D #5969C2 #C2599D

split-complementary

#C2B259 #599DC2 #7D59C2

monochromatic

#756A2B #A2933C #C2B259 #D2C786 #E3DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C2B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#C2B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B259

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B259	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c88a',
    500: '#c2b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b259;
$custom-light: #d7c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.11177,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B259

secondary

#A6ACD1

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B259

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

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