#C2BE38#C2BE38

#C2BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.149 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BE38
RGB	rgb(194, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -14.12, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 65.79, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0454 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.149 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3770, 48.5831, 10.9385)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BE38 #383CC2

analogous

#C27938 #C2BE38 #81C238

triadic

#C2BE38 #38C2BE #BE38C2

tetradic

#C2BE38 #38C279 #383CC2 #C23881

square

#C2BE38 #38C279 #383CC2 #C23881

split-complementary

#C2BE38 #3881C2 #7938C2

monochromatic

#63611D #938F2A #C2BE38 #D2CF65 #E0DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C2BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#C2BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BE38

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BE38	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.149 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d178',
    500: '#c2be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2be38;
$custom-light: #d8d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78128,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BE38

secondary

#8A8CCB

accent

#4EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BE38

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

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