#C2B281#C2B281

#C2B281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.068 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B281
RGB	rgb(194, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(45, 35%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 33.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -1.63, 27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 27.22, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0025 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.068 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1316, 44.8964, 27.2111)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B281 #8191C2

analogous

#C29181 #C2B281 #B1C281

triadic

#C2B281 #81C2B2 #B281C2

tetradic

#C2B281 #81C291 #8191C2 #C281B1

square

#C2B281 #81C291 #8191C2 #C281B1

split-complementary

#C2B281 #81B1C2 #9181C2

monochromatic

#877641 #AE9958 #C2B281 #D6CBAA #EAE4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C2B281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C2B281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B281

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B281	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB07E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.068 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c8a6',
    500: '#c2b281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b281;
$custom-light: #d5c8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 34.759,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7652,
    "c": 0.06792,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B281

secondary

#C4CADB

accent

#55AE38

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF8F4

border

#D3D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B281

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

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