#C2B265#C2B265

#C2B265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.100 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B265
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 47.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -4.71, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 41.47, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0137 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.1 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5187, 44.2512, 18.7164)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B265 #6575C2

analogous

#C28365 #C2B265 #A4C265

triadic

#C2B265 #65C2B2 #B265C2

tetradic

#C2B265 #65C283 #6575C2 #C265A4

square

#C2B265 #65C283 #6575C2 #C265A4

split-complementary

#C2B265 #65A4C2 #8365C2

monochromatic

#7C6F31 #A79642 #C2B265 #D3C891 #E5DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C2B265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C2B265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B265

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B265	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.100 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c892',
    500: '#c2b265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b265;
$custom-light: #d6c892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 43.256,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B265

secondary

#AFB5D4

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B265

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

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