#C2B359#C2B359

#C2B359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B359
RGB	rgb(194, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -6.30, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 47.69, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0196 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(40.1727, 44.4323, 15.9094)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B359 #5968C2

analogous

#C27F59 #C2B359 #9CC259

triadic

#C2B359 #59C2B3 #B359C2

tetradic

#C2B359 #59C27F #5968C2 #C2599C

square

#C2B359 #59C27F #5968C2 #C2599C

split-complementary

#C2B359 #599CC2 #7F59C2

monochromatic

#756B2B #A2943C #C2B359 #D2C786 #E3DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C2B359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#C2B359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B359

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B359	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c98a',
    500: '#c2b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b359;
$custom-light: #d7c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76091,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.44431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B359

secondary

#A6ACD1

accent

#65D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B359

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

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