#C2B542#C2B542

#C2B542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B542
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -8.97, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 58.69, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0298 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7570, 44.9120, 11.7279)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B542 #424FC2

analogous

#C27542 #C2B542 #8FC242

triadic

#C2B542 #42C2B5 #B542C2

tetradic

#C2B542 #42C275 #424FC2 #C2428F

square

#C2B542 #42C275 #424FC2 #C2428F

split-complementary

#C2B542 #428FC2 #7542C2

monochromatic

#686122 #968C31 #C2B542 #D1C770 #E0D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C2B542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C2B542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B542

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B542	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)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ca7c',
    500: '#c2b542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b542;
$custom-light: #d8ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76273,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B542

secondary

#9499CC

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B542

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

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