#C2C451#C2C451

#C2C451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.137 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C451
RGB	rgb(194, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -15.65, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 58.20, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0471 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.137 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4745, 51.5444, 15.4419)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C451 #5351C4

analogous

#C48C51 #C2C451 #89C451

triadic

#C2C451 #51C2C4 #C451C2

tetradic

#C2C451 #51C48C #5351C4 #C45189

square

#C2C451 #51C48C #5351C4 #C45189

split-complementary

#C2C451 #5189C4 #8C51C4

monochromatic

#727327 #9FA137 #C2C451 #D2D37F #E2E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C2C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#C2C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C451

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C451	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.137 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d586',
    500: '#c2c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c451;
$custom-light: #d7d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79638,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C451

secondary

#3E3D7D

accent

#4FD951

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C451

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

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