#C2B940#C2B940

#C2B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2B940
RGB	rgb(194, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -11.15, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 60.94, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0362 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5241, 46.5389, 11.6978)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2B940 #4049C2

analogous

#C27840 #C2B940 #8AC240

triadic

#C2B940 #40C2B9 #B940C2

tetradic

#C2B940 #40C278 #4049C2 #C2408A

square

#C2B940 #40C278 #4049C2 #C2408A

split-complementary

#C2B940 #408AC2 #7840C2

monochromatic

#676221 #958E30 #C2B940 #D1CA6E #E0DB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C2B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#C2B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2B940

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2B940	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cd7b',
    500: '#c2b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2b940;
$custom-light: #d8cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77112,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2B940

secondary

#9296CC

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2B940

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

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