#C2B555#C2B555

#C2B555 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B555
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -7.67, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 50.33, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0239 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4131, 45.1745, 15.1833)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B555 #5562C2

analogous

#C27F55 #C2B555 #99C255

triadic

#C2B555 #55C2B5 #B555C2

tetradic

#C2B555 #55C27F #5562C2 #C25599

square

#C2B555 #55C27F #5562C2 #C25599

split-complementary

#C2B555 #5599C2 #7F55C2

monochromatic

#736A29 #A0943A #C2B555 #D2C982 #E2DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C2B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#C2B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B555

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B555	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)

#C4B04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca88',
    500: '#c2b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b555;
$custom-light: #d7ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76466,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B555

secondary

#A2A8D0

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B555

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

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