#C2BC42#C2BC42

#C2BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.141 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BC42
RGB	rgb(194, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -12.57, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 61.26, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.04 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.141 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2162, 47.8305, 12.2143)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BC42 #4248C2

analogous

#C27C42 #C2BC42 #88C242

triadic

#C2BC42 #42C2BC #BC42C2

tetradic

#C2BC42 #42C27C #4248C2 #C24288

square

#C2BC42 #42C27C #4248C2 #C24288

split-complementary

#C2BC42 #4288C2 #7C42C2

monochromatic

#686522 #969231 #C2BC42 #D1CC70 #E0DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C2BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#C2BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BC42

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BC42	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8cf7d',
    500: '#c2bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2bc42;
$custom-light: #d8cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77773,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BC42

secondary

#9496CC

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BC42

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

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