Olive Yellow#C2B709

#C2B709 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.161 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

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Color values

HEX	#C2B709
RGB	rgb(194, 183, 9)
HSL	hsl(56, 91%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 95%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 95.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -11.88, 73.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 74.70, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0422 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.161 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2328, 45.3577, 6.9467)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B709 #0914C2

analogous

#C25A09 #C2B709 #71C209

triadic

#C2B709 #09C2B7 #B709C2

tetradic

#C2B709 #09C25A #0914C2 #C20971

square

#C2B709 #09C25A #0914C2 #C20971

split-complementary

#C2B709 #0971C2 #5A09C2

monochromatic

#4D4904 #888006 #C2B709 #F4E714 #F7ED4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C2B709 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C2B709 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B709

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B709	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B709	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b709;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 183, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.161 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9cc66',
    500: '#c2b709',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b709;
$custom-light: #d9cc66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b709",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.432,
    "s": 91.133,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76428,
    "c": 0.16094,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B709

secondary

#4F57D8

accent

#36FF29

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FCF8EB

border

#D5D1C6

text

#161307

muted

#84827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B709

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

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