#C2B539#C2B539

#C2B539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.140 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B539
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -9.46, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 62.24, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0322 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.14 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5122, 44.8141, 10.4388)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B539 #3946C2

analogous

#C27139 #C2B539 #8AC239

triadic

#C2B539 #39C2B5 #B539C2

tetradic

#C2B539 #39C271 #3946C2 #C2398A

square

#C2B539 #39C271 #3946C2 #C2398A

split-complementary

#C2B539 #398AC2 #7139C2

monochromatic

#635D1D #93892B #C2B539 #D2C866 #E0D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C2B539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C2B539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B539

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B539	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)

#C5AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.140 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca77',
    500: '#c2b539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b539;
$custom-light: #d8ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B539

secondary

#8B92CB

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B539

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

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