#C2C428#C2C428

#C2C428 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	#C2C428
RGB	rgb(194, 196, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 79.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -17.79, 70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 72.96, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.057 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.164 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3727, 51.1036, 9.6390)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C428 #2A28C4

analogous

#C47828 #C2C428 #74C428

triadic

#C2C428 #28C2C4 #C428C2

tetradic

#C2C428 #28C478 #2A28C4 #C42874

square

#C2C428 #28C478 #2A28C4 #C42874

split-complementary

#C2C428 #2874C4 #7828C4

monochromatic

#5D5E13 #90911E #C2C428 #D9DB4E #E4E581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C2C428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#C2C428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C428

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C428	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)

#D5BF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 196, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.164 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d571',
    500: '#c2c428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c428;
$custom-light: #d9d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.769,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79341,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C428

secondary

#282769

accent

#3FE941

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C428

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

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