#C2B838#C2B838

#C2B838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.144 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B838
RGB	rgb(194, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -11.06, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 63.64, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0368 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.144 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1041, 46.0374, 10.5142)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B838 #3842C2

analogous

#C27338 #C2B838 #87C238

triadic

#C2B838 #38C2B8 #B838C2

tetradic

#C2B838 #38C273 #3842C2 #C23887

square

#C2B838 #38C273 #3842C2 #C23887

split-complementary

#C2B838 #3887C2 #7338C2

monochromatic

#635E1D #938B2A #C2B838 #D2CB65 #E0DB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C2B838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#C2B838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B838

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B838	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.144 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd77',
    500: '#c2b838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b838;
$custom-light: #d8cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B838

secondary

#8A8FCB

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B838

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

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