#C2B459#C2B459

#C2B459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B459
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -6.83, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 48.07, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0211 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3739, 44.8346, 15.9765)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B459 #5967C2

analogous

#C27F59 #C2B459 #9BC259

triadic

#C2B459 #59C2B4 #B459C2

tetradic

#C2B459 #59C27F #5967C2 #C2599B

square

#C2B459 #59C27F #5967C2 #C2599B

split-complementary

#C2B459 #599BC2 #7F59C2

monochromatic

#756C2B #A2953C #C2B459 #D2C886 #E3DCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#C2B459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B459

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B459	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca8a',
    500: '#c2b459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b459;
$custom-light: #d7ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76303,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B459

secondary

#A6ABD1

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B459

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

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