#C2B431#C2B431

#C2B431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B431
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -9.32, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 64.78, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0326 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(39.1255, 44.3353, 9.4018)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B431 #313FC2

analogous

#C26C31 #C2B431 #87C231

triadic

#C2B431 #31C2B4 #B431C2

tetradic

#C2B431 #31C26C #313FC2 #C23187

square

#C2B431 #31C26C #313FC2 #C23187

split-complementary

#C2B431 #3187C2 #6C31C2

monochromatic

#605918 #918725 #C2B431 #D6CA5B #E2DA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C2B431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C2B431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B431

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B431	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)

#C5AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca73',
    500: '#c2b431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b431;
$custom-light: #d8ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.207,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75934,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.44334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B431

secondary

#838ACC

accent

#54E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B431

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

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