Sand#C2B280

#C2B280 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.069 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Sand — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#C2B280
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 34%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -1.75, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 27.73, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.0029 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.069 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0654, 44.8699, 26.8628)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B280 #8090C2

analogous

#C29180 #C2B280 #B1C280

triadic

#C2B280 #80C2B2 #B280C2

tetradic

#C2B280 #80C291 #8090C2 #C280B1

square

#C2B280 #80C291 #8090C2 #C280B1

split-complementary

#C2B280 #80B1C2 #9180C2

monochromatic

#877641 #AE9957 #C2B280 #D6CBA9 #EAE4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C2B280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B280

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B280	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB07D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

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#E1D8BE

#E8DFCB

#EEE7D8

#F3EFE5

#F9F7F2

#FFFFFF

#C1B285

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#BEB28F

#BDB294

Palettes with this color

Neutral Color Palette

Wedding Color Palette

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.069 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c8a5',
    500: '#c2b280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b280;
$custom-light: #d5c8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 35.106,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76501,
    "c": 0.06911,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B280

secondary

#C3C9DB

accent

#54AE38

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF8F4

border

#D3D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B280

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

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