#C2C042#C2C042

#C2C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.145 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C042
RGB	rgb(194, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -14.60, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 62.79, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0457 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.145 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0826, 49.5632, 12.5031)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C042 #4244C2

analogous

#C28042 #C2C042 #84C242

triadic

#C2C042 #42C2C0 #C042C2

tetradic

#C2C042 #42C280 #4244C2 #C24284

square

#C2C042 #42C280 #4244C2 #C24284

split-complementary

#C2C042 #4284C2 #8042C2

monochromatic

#686722 #969531 #C2C042 #D1CF70 #E0DF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C2C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C2C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C042

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C042	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.145 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d27d',
    500: '#c2c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c042;
$custom-light: #d8d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78636,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C042

secondary

#9494CC

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C042

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

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