#C2B440#C2B440

#C2B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B440
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -8.57, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 59.16, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0289 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4964, 44.4836, 11.3552)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B440 #404EC2

analogous

#C27340 #C2B440 #8FC240

triadic

#C2B440 #40C2B4 #B440C2

tetradic

#C2B440 #40C273 #404EC2 #C2408F

square

#C2B440 #40C273 #404EC2 #C2408F

split-complementary

#C2B440 #408FC2 #7340C2

monochromatic

#675F21 #958A30 #C2B440 #D1C66E #E0D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C2B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C2B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B440

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B440	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7b',
    500: '#c2b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b440;
$custom-light: #d8ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B440

secondary

#9298CC

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B440

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

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