#C2BC51#C2BC51
#C2BC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.129 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C2BC51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(194, 188, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 48%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 58%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 58.2%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.84, -11.59, 53.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.84, 54.90, 102.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.91% -0.0356 0.1238) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.91% 0.129 106) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.7179, 48.0312, 14.8564) |
| Luminance | 0.4803 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 4.79
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.40
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 5.58
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.80
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 6.47
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 6.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C2BC51 #5157C2
analogous
#C28451 #C2BC51 #90C251
triadic
#C2BC51 #51C2BC #BC51C2
tetradic
#C2BC51 #51C284 #5157C2 #C25190
square
#C2BC51 #51C284 #5157C2 #C25190
split-complementary
#C2BC51 #5190C2 #8451C2
monochromatic
#716D28 #9E9937 #C2BC51 #D2CD7E #E2DFAC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#C2BC51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.61
#C2BC51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C2BC51
10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C2BC51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C2BC51 | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.61 | 10.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB645
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBA57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CFB1A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c2bc51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 188, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.129 106.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d7cf86',
500: '#c2bc51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c2bc51; $custom-light: #d7cf86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c2bc51",
"rgb": {
"r": 194,
"g": 188,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.814,
"s": 48.085,
"l": 53.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77914,
"c": 0.12881,
"h": 106
},
"luminance": 0.4803
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C2BC51
secondary
#9FA2D0
accent
#57D850
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9F0
border
#D4D2CB
text
#15130B
muted
#83827C