#C2C438#C2C438

#C2C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.155 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C438
RGB	rgb(194, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -17.14, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 68.02, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0539 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.155 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7033, 51.2359, 11.3807)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C438 #3A38C4

analogous

#C48038 #C2C438 #7CC438

triadic

#C2C438 #38C2C4 #C438C2

tetradic

#C2C438 #38C480 #3A38C4 #C4387C

square

#C2C438 #38C480 #3A38C4 #C4387C

split-complementary

#C2C438 #387CC4 #8038C4

monochromatic

#64651D #93942A #C2C438 #D2D366 #E0E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#C2C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#C2C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C438

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C438	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.155 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d578',
    500: '#c2c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c438;
$custom-light: #d8d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7943,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C438

secondary

#32316F

accent

#49DF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C438

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

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