#C2B456#C2B456

#C2B456 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B456
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -7.07, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 49.49, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0221 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2505, 44.7853, 15.3265)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B456 #5664C2

analogous

#C27E56 #C2B456 #9AC256

triadic

#C2B456 #56C2B4 #B456C2

tetradic

#C2B456 #56C27E #5664C2 #C2569A

square

#C2B456 #56C27E #5664C2 #C2569A

split-complementary

#C2B456 #569AC2 #7E56C2

monochromatic

#746A2A #A1933A #C2B456 #D2C883 #E2DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C2B456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B456

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B456	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca88',
    500: '#c2b456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b456;
$custom-light: #d7ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76266,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B456

secondary

#A3A9D1

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B456

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

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