#C2B342#C2B342

#C2B342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B342
RGB	rgb(194, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -7.93, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 57.99, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0269 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3532, 44.1045, 11.5933)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B342 #4251C2

analogous

#C27342 #C2B342 #91C242

triadic

#C2B342 #42C2B3 #B342C2

tetradic

#C2B342 #42C273 #4251C2 #C24291

square

#C2B342 #42C273 #4251C2 #C24291

split-complementary

#C2B342 #4291C2 #7342C2

monochromatic

#686022 #968A31 #C2B342 #D1C670 #E0D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C2B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C2B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B342

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B342	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c97c',
    500: '#c2b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b342;
$custom-light: #d8c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75848,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B342

secondary

#949ACC

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B342

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

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