#C2B549#C2B549

#C2B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B549
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -8.53, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 55.74, 98.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0278 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9761, 44.9997, 12.8821)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B549 #4956C2

analogous

#C27949 #C2B549 #92C249

triadic

#C2B549 #49C2B5 #B549C2

tetradic

#C2B549 #49C279 #4956C2 #C24992

square

#C2B549 #49C279 #4956C2 #C24992

split-complementary

#C2B549 #4992C2 #7949C2

monochromatic

#6C6524 #9A8F34 #C2B549 #D1C877 #E1DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C2B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C2B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B549

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B549	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)

#C4B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca80',
    500: '#c2b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b549;
$custom-light: #d7ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76338,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B549

secondary

#999FCE

accent

#5DD94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B549

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

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