#C2B451#C2B451

#C2B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B451
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -7.45, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 51.80, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0238 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0560, 44.7075, 14.3024)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B451 #515FC2

analogous

#C27C51 #C2B451 #98C251

triadic

#C2B451 #51C2B4 #B451C2

tetradic

#C2B451 #51C27C #515FC2 #C25198

square

#C2B451 #51C27C #515FC2 #C25198

split-complementary

#C2B451 #5198C2 #7C51C2

monochromatic

#716828 #9E9237 #C2B451 #D2C87E #E2DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#C2B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B451

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B451	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca85',
    500: '#c2b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b451;
$custom-light: #d7ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76209,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B451

secondary

#9FA5D0

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B451

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

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