#C2B462#C2B462

#C2B462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B462
RGB	rgb(194, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -6.04, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 43.73, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0178 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.105 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7752, 44.9951, 18.0900)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B462 #6270C2

analogous

#C28462 #C2B462 #A0C262

triadic

#C2B462 #62C2B4 #B462C2

tetradic

#C2B462 #62C284 #6270C2 #C262A0

square

#C2B462 #62C284 #6270C2 #C262A0

split-complementary

#C2B462 #62A0C2 #8462C2

monochromatic

#7A6F2F #A69741 #C2B462 #D3C98E #E4DEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C2B462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C2B462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B462

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B462	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ca90',
    500: '#c2b462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b462;
$custom-light: #d6ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 44.037,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76421,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B462

secondary

#ACB2D3

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B462

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

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