#C2B556#C2B556

#C2B556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B556
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -7.59, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 49.87, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0236 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4531, 45.1905, 15.3940)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B556 #5663C2

analogous

#C27F56 #C2B556 #99C256

triadic

#C2B556 #56C2B5 #B556C2

tetradic

#C2B556 #56C27F #5663C2 #C25699

square

#C2B556 #56C27F #5663C2 #C25699

split-complementary

#C2B556 #5699C2 #7F56C2

monochromatic

#746B2A #A1943A #C2B556 #D2C983 #E2DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C2B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C2B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B556

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B556	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca88',
    500: '#c2b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b556;
$custom-light: #d7ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76478,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B556

secondary

#A3A9D1

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B556

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

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