#C2B331#C2B331

#C2B331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.144 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B331
RGB	rgb(194, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -8.80, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 64.46, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0311 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9244, 43.9330, 9.3347)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B331 #3140C2

analogous

#C26A31 #C2B331 #89C231

triadic

#C2B331 #31C2B3 #B331C2

tetradic

#C2B331 #31C26A #3140C2 #C23189

square

#C2B331 #31C26A #3140C2 #C23189

split-complementary

#C2B331 #3189C2 #6A31C2

monochromatic

#605918 #918625 #C2B331 #D6C95B #E2D98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C2B331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C2B331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B331

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B331	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c973',
    500: '#c2b331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b331;
$custom-light: #d8c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7572,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B331

secondary

#838ACC

accent

#55E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B331

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

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