#C2B531#C2B531

#C2B531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B531
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -9.83, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 65.10, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.034 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3281, 44.7405, 9.4693)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B531 #313EC2

analogous

#C26D31 #C2B531 #86C231

triadic

#C2B531 #31C2B5 #B531C2

tetradic

#C2B531 #31C26D #313EC2 #C23186

square

#C2B531 #31C26D #313EC2 #C23186

split-complementary

#C2B531 #3186C2 #6D31C2

monochromatic

#605A18 #918725 #C2B531 #D6CA5B #E2DA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C2B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B531

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B531	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)

#C6AF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca73',
    500: '#c2b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b531;
$custom-light: #d8ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.621,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76147,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B531

secondary

#8389CC

accent

#53E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B531

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

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