#C2B338#C2B338

#C2B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B338
RGB	rgb(194, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -8.47, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 61.94, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0295 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0838, 43.9967, 10.1741)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B338 #3847C2

analogous

#C26E38 #C2B338 #8CC238

triadic

#C2B338 #38C2B3 #B338C2

tetradic

#C2B338 #38C26E #3847C2 #C2388C

square

#C2B338 #38C26E #3847C2 #C2388C

split-complementary

#C2B338 #388CC2 #6E38C2

monochromatic

#635B1D #93872A #C2B338 #D2C765 #E0D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C2B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C2B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B338

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B338	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c976',
    500: '#c2b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b338;
$custom-light: #d8c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B338

secondary

#8A91CB

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B338

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

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