#C2B540#C2B540

#C2B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.136 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B540
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -9.09, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 59.51, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0304 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.136 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6990, 44.8888, 11.4228)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B540 #404DC2

analogous

#C27440 #C2B540 #8EC240

triadic

#C2B540 #40C2B5 #B540C2

tetradic

#C2B540 #40C274 #404DC2 #C2408E

square

#C2B540 #40C274 #404DC2 #C2408E

split-complementary

#C2B540 #408EC2 #7440C2

monochromatic

#676021 #958B30 #C2B540 #D1C76E #E0D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C2B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C2B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B540

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B540	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.136 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7b',
    500: '#c2b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b540;
$custom-light: #d8ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76256,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B540

secondary

#9298CC

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B540

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

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