#C2C249#C2C249
#C2C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.142 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C2C249 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(194, 194, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 50%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 62%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.40, -15.19, 58.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.40, 60.76, 104.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.13% -0.0467 0.1337) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.13% 0.142 109.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.7439, 50.5351, 13.8047) |
| Luminance | 0.5053 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.33
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.67
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.82
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.85
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.20
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 5.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C2C249 #4949C2
analogous
#C28649 #C2C249 #86C249
triadic
#C2C249 #49C2C2 #C249C2
tetradic
#C2C249 #49C286 #4949C2 #C24986
square
#C2C249 #49C286 #4949C2 #C24986
split-complementary
#C2C249 #4986C2 #8649C2
monochromatic
#6C6C24 #9A9A34 #C2C249 #D1D177 #E1E1A5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.89
#C2C249 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.11
#C2C249 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C2C249
11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C2C249 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C2C249 | 1.00 | 1.89 | 11.11 | 11.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.89 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CFB6A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c2c249; /* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 194, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.142 109.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d7d481',
500: '#c2c249',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c2c249; $custom-light: #d7d481; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c2c249",
"rgb": {
"r": 194,
"g": 194,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60,
"s": 49.794,
"l": 52.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79128,
"c": 0.14159,
"h": 109.2
},
"luminance": 0.50534
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C2C249
secondary
#393976
accent
#4ED94E
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#15140B
muted
#84837E