#C2B457#C2B457

#C2B457 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	#C2B457
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -6.99, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 49.02, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0218 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2910, 44.8015, 15.5402)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B457 #5765C2

analogous

#C27F57 #C2B457 #9AC257

triadic

#C2B457 #57C2B4 #B457C2

tetradic

#C2B457 #57C27F #5765C2 #C2579A

square

#C2B457 #57C27F #5765C2 #C2579A

split-complementary

#C2B457 #579AC2 #7F57C2

monochromatic

#746B2A #A1943B #C2B457 #D2C884 #E3DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C2B457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B457

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B457	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)

#C3AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca89',
    500: '#c2b457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b457;
$custom-light: #d7ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B457

secondary

#A4AAD1

accent

#63D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B457

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

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