#C2B557#C2B557

#C2B557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B557
RGB	rgb(194, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -7.51, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 49.40, 98.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0233 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4937, 45.2067, 15.6077)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B557 #5764C2

analogous

#C27F57 #C2B557 #9AC257

triadic

#C2B557 #57C2B5 #B557C2

tetradic

#C2B557 #57C27F #5764C2 #C2579A

square

#C2B557 #57C27F #5764C2 #C2579A

split-complementary

#C2B557 #579AC2 #7F57C2

monochromatic

#746B2A #A1953B #C2B557 #D2C984 #E3DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C2B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C2B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B557

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B557	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)

#C4B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ca89',
    500: '#c2b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b557;
$custom-light: #d7ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7649,
    "c": 0.11647,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B557

secondary

#A4A9D1

accent

#62D651

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B557

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

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