#C2B856#C2B856

#C2B856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B856
RGB	rgb(194, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -9.15, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 51.04, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0281 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.12 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0697, 46.4236, 15.5996)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B856 #5660C2

analogous

#C28256 #C2B856 #96C256

triadic

#C2B856 #56C2B8 #B856C2

tetradic

#C2B856 #56C282 #5660C2 #C25696

square

#C2B856 #56C282 #5660C2 #C25696

split-complementary

#C2B856 #5696C2 #8256C2

monochromatic

#746D2A #A1973A #C2B856 #D2CB83 #E2DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C2B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#C2B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B856

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B856	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7cd89',
    500: '#c2b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b856;
$custom-light: #d7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77115,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B856

secondary

#A3A7D1

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B856

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

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