#C2C038#C2C038

#C2C038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.151 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C038
RGB	rgb(194, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -15.13, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 66.52, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0482 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.151 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8131, 49.4554, 11.0839)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C038 #383AC2

analogous

#C27B38 #C2C038 #7FC238

triadic

#C2C038 #38C2C0 #C038C2

tetradic

#C2C038 #38C27B #383AC2 #C2387F

square

#C2C038 #38C27B #383AC2 #C2387F

split-complementary

#C2C038 #387FC2 #7B38C2

monochromatic

#63621D #93912A #C2C038 #D2D165 #E0DF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C2C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C2C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C038

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C038	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.151 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d278',
    500: '#c2c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c038;
$custom-light: #d8d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78561,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C038

secondary

#8A8BCB

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C038

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

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