#C2C427#C2C427

#C2C427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.164 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C427
RGB	rgb(194, 196, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 80.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -17.82, 71.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 73.23, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0572 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.164 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3559, 51.0969, 9.5506)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C427 #2927C4

analogous

#C47727 #C2C427 #73C427

triadic

#C2C427 #27C2C4 #C427C2

tetradic

#C2C427 #27C477 #2927C4 #C42773

square

#C2C427 #27C477 #2927C4 #C42773

split-complementary

#C2C427 #2773C4 #7727C4

monochromatic

#5D5E13 #8F911D #C2C427 #DADC4D #E4E680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C2C427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C2C427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C427

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C427	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 196, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.164 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d571',
    500: '#c2c427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c427;
$custom-light: #d9d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.764,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C427

secondary

#272669

accent

#3EEA40

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C427

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

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