#C2B438#C2B438

#C2B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.140 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B438
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -8.99, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 62.27, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.031 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.14 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2849, 44.3990, 10.2412)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B438 #3846C2

analogous

#C26F38 #C2B438 #8BC238

triadic

#C2B438 #38C2B4 #B438C2

tetradic

#C2B438 #38C26F #3846C2 #C2388B

square

#C2B438 #38C26F #3846C2 #C2388B

split-complementary

#C2B438 #388BC2 #6F38C2

monochromatic

#635C1D #93882A #C2B438 #D2C765 #E0D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C2B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C2B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B438

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B438	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.140 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca77',
    500: '#c2b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b438;
$custom-light: #d8ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75981,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B438

secondary

#8A91CB

accent

#58DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B438

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

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