#C2BE42#C2BE42

#C2BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.143 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2BE42
RGB	rgb(194, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -13.59, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 62.02, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0429 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.143 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6464, 48.6909, 12.3577)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2BE42 #4246C2

analogous

#C27E42 #C2BE42 #86C242

triadic

#C2BE42 #42C2BE #BE42C2

tetradic

#C2BE42 #42C27E #4246C2 #C24286

square

#C2BE42 #42C27E #4246C2 #C24286

split-complementary

#C2BE42 #4286C2 #7E42C2

monochromatic

#686622 #969331 #C2BE42 #D1CE70 #E0DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C2BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C2BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2BE42

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2BE42	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d17d',
    500: '#c2be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2be42;
$custom-light: #d8d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78203,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2BE42

secondary

#9495CC

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2BE42

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

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