#C2C040#C2C040

#C2C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.146 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C040
RGB	rgb(194, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -14.72, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 63.57, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0463 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.146 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0246, 49.5401, 12.1980)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C040 #4042C2

analogous

#C27F40 #C2C040 #83C240

triadic

#C2C040 #40C2C0 #C040C2

tetradic

#C2C040 #40C27F #4042C2 #C24083

square

#C2C040 #40C27F #4042C2 #C24083

split-complementary

#C2C040 #4083C2 #7F40C2

monochromatic

#676621 #959430 #C2C040 #D1CF6E #E0DF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C2C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C2C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C040

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C040	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.146 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d27c',
    500: '#c2c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c040;
$custom-light: #d8d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7862,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C040

secondary

#9293CC

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C040

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

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