#C2BD42#C2BD42

#C2BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.142 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BD42
RGB	rgb(194, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -13.08, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 61.64, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0415 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.142 107)
XYZ	xyz(41.4306, 48.2592, 12.2858)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BD42 #4247C2

analogous

#C27D42 #C2BD42 #87C242

triadic

#C2BD42 #42C2BD #BD42C2

tetradic

#C2BD42 #42C27D #4247C2 #C24287

square

#C2BD42 #42C27D #4247C2 #C24287

split-complementary

#C2BD42 #4287C2 #7D42C2

monochromatic

#686522 #969231 #C2BD42 #D1CD70 #E0DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C2BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C2BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BD42

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BD42	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d07d',
    500: '#c2bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2bd42;
$custom-light: #d8d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.48258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BD42

secondary

#9496CC

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BD42

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

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