#C2B442#C2B442

#C2B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B442
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -8.45, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 58.34, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0283 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5544, 44.5068, 11.6604)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B442 #4250C2

analogous

#C27442 #C2B442 #90C242

triadic

#C2B442 #42C2B4 #B442C2

tetradic

#C2B442 #42C274 #4250C2 #C24290

square

#C2B442 #42C274 #4250C2 #C24290

split-complementary

#C2B442 #4290C2 #7442C2

monochromatic

#686022 #968B31 #C2B442 #D1C670 #E0D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C2B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C2B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B442

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B442	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7c',
    500: '#c2b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b442;
$custom-light: #d8ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76061,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B442

secondary

#949ACC

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B442

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

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