#C2C242#C2C242

#C2C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.147 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C242
RGB	rgb(194, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -15.61, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 63.57, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0486 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.147 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5247, 50.4475, 12.6505)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C242 #4242C2

analogous

#C28242 #C2C242 #82C242

triadic

#C2C242 #42C2C2 #C242C2

tetradic

#C2C242 #42C282 #4242C2 #C24282

square

#C2C242 #42C282 #4242C2 #C24282

split-complementary

#C2C242 #4282C2 #8242C2

monochromatic

#686822 #969631 #C2C242 #D1D170 #E0E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C2C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#C2C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C242

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C242	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.147 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d47d',
    500: '#c2c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c242;
$custom-light: #d8d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C242

secondary

#363672

accent

#4DDB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C242

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

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