#C2C23E#C2C23E
#C2C23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.150 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C2C23E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(194, 194, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 52%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 68%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 68%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.32, -15.83, 63.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.32, 65.09, 104.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.04% -0.0496 0.141) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.04% 0.15 109.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.4109, 50.4019, 12.0510) |
| Luminance | 0.5040 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.26
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 3.61
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.98
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.00
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.28
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C2C23E #3E3EC2
analogous
#C2803E #C2C23E #80C23E
triadic
#C2C23E #3EC2C2 #C23EC2
tetradic
#C2C23E #3EC280 #3E3EC2 #C23E80
square
#C2C23E #3EC280 #3E3EC2 #C23E80
split-complementary
#C2C23E #3E80C2 #803EC2
monochromatic
#666620 #94942F #C2C23E #D1D16D #DFDF9B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.90
#C2C23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.08
#C2C23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C2C23E
11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C2C23E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C2C23E | 1.00 | 1.90 | 11.08 | 11.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.90 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA29
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BE47
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CFB6A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c2c23e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 194, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.150 109.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d8d47b',
500: '#c2c23e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c2c23e; $custom-light: #d8d47b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c2c23e",
"rgb": {
"r": 194,
"g": 194,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 51.969,
"l": 50.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79038,
"c": 0.14951,
"h": 109.4
},
"luminance": 0.50401
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C2C23E
secondary
#343470
accent
#4CDB4C
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D