#C2C161#C2C161

#C2C161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.119 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C161
RGB	rgb(194, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -12.85, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 49.64, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0374 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.119 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4768, 50.4734, 18.7590)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C161 #6162C2

analogous

#C29061 #C2C161 #93C261

triadic

#C2C161 #61C2C1 #C161C2

tetradic

#C2C161 #61C290 #6162C2 #C26193

square

#C2C161 #61C290 #6162C2 #C26193

split-complementary

#C2C161 #6193C2 #9061C2

monochromatic

#7A792F #A6A540 #C2C161 #D3D28D #E4E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C2C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C2C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C161

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C161	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.119 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d390',
    500: '#c2c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c161;
$custom-light: #d6d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79173,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C161

secondary

#454582

accent

#55D454

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C161

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

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