#C2B355#C2B355

#C2B355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B355
RGB	rgb(194, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -6.63, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 49.58, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0209 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0093, 44.3670, 15.0488)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B355 #5564C2

analogous

#C27D55 #C2B355 #9BC255

triadic

#C2B355 #55C2B3 #B355C2

tetradic

#C2B355 #55C27D #5564C2 #C2559B

square

#C2B355 #55C27D #5564C2 #C2559B

split-complementary

#C2B355 #559BC2 #7D55C2

monochromatic

#736929 #A0923A #C2B355 #D2C782 #E2DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C2B355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C2B355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B355

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B355	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c988',
    500: '#c2b355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b355;
$custom-light: #d7c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B355

secondary

#A2A9D0

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B355

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

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