#C2C538#C2C538

#C2C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.156 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C538
RGB	rgb(194, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -17.64, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 68.40, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0553 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.156 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9297, 51.6885, 11.4561)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C538 #3B38C5

analogous

#C58238 #C2C538 #7BC538

triadic

#C2C538 #38C2C5 #C538C2

tetradic

#C2C538 #38C582 #3B38C5 #C5387B

square

#C2C538 #38C582 #3B38C5 #C5387B

split-complementary

#C2C538 #387BC5 #8238C5

monochromatic

#64661D #93952A #C2C538 #D1D467 #E0E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C2C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#C2C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C538

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C538	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.156 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d678',
    500: '#c2c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c538;
$custom-light: #d8d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79648,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C538

secondary

#323170

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C538

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

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