#C2B455#C2B455

#C2B455 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B455
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -7.15, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 49.95, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0224 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(40.2105, 44.7693, 15.1158)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B455 #5563C2

analogous

#C27E55 #C2B455 #99C255

triadic

#C2B455 #55C2B4 #B455C2

tetradic

#C2B455 #55C27E #5563C2 #C25599

square

#C2B455 #55C27E #5563C2 #C25599

split-complementary

#C2B455 #5599C2 #7E55C2

monochromatic

#736A29 #A0933A #C2B455 #D2C882 #E2DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C2B455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B455

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B455	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca88',
    500: '#c2b455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b455;
$custom-light: #d7ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76254,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.44768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B455

secondary

#A2A8D0

accent

#62D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B455

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

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