#C2C059#C2C059

#C2C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C059
RGB	rgb(194, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -13.02, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 52.94, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0388 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.126 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9021, 49.8910, 16.8192)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C059 #595BC2

analogous

#C28B59 #C2C059 #8FC259

triadic

#C2C059 #59C2C0 #C059C2

tetradic

#C2C059 #59C28B #595BC2 #C2598F

square

#C2C059 #59C28B #595BC2 #C2598F

split-complementary

#C2C059 #598FC2 #8B59C2

monochromatic

#75742B #A2A03C #C2C059 #D2D186 #E3E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C2C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C2C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C059

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C059	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d28b',
    500: '#c2c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c059;
$custom-light: #d7d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.857,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78861,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C059

secondary

#A6A6D1

accent

#54D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C059

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

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