#C2B553#C2B553

#C2B553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B553
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -7.82, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 51.26, 98.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0246 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3347, 45.1431, 14.7708)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B553 #5360C2

analogous

#C27E53 #C2B553 #98C253

triadic

#C2B553 #53C2B5 #B553C2

tetradic

#C2B553 #53C27E #5360C2 #C25398

square

#C2B553 #53C27E #5360C2 #C25398

split-complementary

#C2B553 #5398C2 #7E53C2

monochromatic

#726A28 #9F9338 #C2B553 #D2C880 #E2DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C2B553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C2B553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B553

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B553	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca87',
    500: '#c2b553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b553;
$custom-light: #d7ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76443,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B553

secondary

#A1A6D0

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B553

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

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