#C2C540#C2C540

#C2C540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C540
RGB	rgb(194, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -17.23, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 65.52, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0533 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.151 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1412, 51.7731, 12.5702)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C540 #4340C5

analogous

#C58540 #C2C540 #7FC540

triadic

#C2C540 #40C2C5 #C540C2

tetradic

#C2C540 #40C585 #4340C5 #C5407F

square

#C2C540 #40C585 #4340C5 #C5407F

split-complementary

#C2C540 #407FC5 #8540C5

monochromatic

#696A20 #97992F #C2C540 #D1D36F #E0E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C2C540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C2C540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C540

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C540	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFB9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d67d',
    500: '#c2c540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c540;
$custom-light: #d8d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79705,
    "c": 0.15124,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C540

secondary

#363574

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C540

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

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