#C2B261#C2B261

#C2B261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.104 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B261
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -5.08, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 43.45, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0152 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.104 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3274, 44.1747, 17.7093)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B261 #6171C2

analogous

#C28261 #C2B261 #A2C261

triadic

#C2B261 #61C2B2 #B261C2

tetradic

#C2B261 #61C282 #6171C2 #C261A2

square

#C2B261 #61C282 #6171C2 #C261A2

split-complementary

#C2B261 #61A2C2 #8261C2

monochromatic

#7A6D2F #A69540 #C2B261 #D3C88D #E4DDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C2B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C2B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B261

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B261	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.104 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c890',
    500: '#c2b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b261;
$custom-light: #d6c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75986,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B261

secondary

#ACB2D3

accent

#69D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B261

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

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