#C2B738#C2B738

#C2B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.143 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B738
RGB	rgb(194, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -10.54, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 63.30, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0353 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.143 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8971, 45.6234, 10.4452)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B738 #3843C2

analogous

#C27238 #C2B738 #88C238

triadic

#C2B738 #38C2B7 #B738C2

tetradic

#C2B738 #38C272 #3843C2 #C23888

square

#C2B738 #38C272 #3843C2 #C23888

split-complementary

#C2B738 #3888C2 #7238C2

monochromatic

#635D1D #938A2A #C2B738 #D2CA65 #E0DA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C2B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#C2B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B738

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B738	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.143 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cc77',
    500: '#c2b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b738;
$custom-light: #d8cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76622,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B738

secondary

#8A90CB

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B738

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

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