#C2B429#C2B429

#C2B429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.149 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B429
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 78.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -9.63, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 67.35, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0341 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.149 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9714, 44.2736, 8.5903)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B429 #2937C2

analogous

#C26729 #C2B429 #83C229

triadic

#C2B429 #29C2B4 #B429C2

tetradic

#C2B429 #29C267 #2937C2 #C22983

square

#C2B429 #29C267 #2937C2 #C22983

split-complementary

#C2B429 #2983C2 #6729C2

monochromatic

#5D5614 #8F851E #C2B429 #DACD4E #E4DB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C2B429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C2B429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B429

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B429	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.149 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ca6f',
    500: '#c2b429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b429;
$custom-light: #d9ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.51,
    "s": 65.106,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B429

secondary

#7A81CD

accent

#4FE840

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B429

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

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