#C2C596#C2C596

#C2C596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.063 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C596
RGB	rgb(194, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(64, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(64, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -8.77, 23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 24.90, 110.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0224 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.063 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7192, 53.6043, 36.6811)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C596 #9996C5

analogous

#C5B096 #C2C596 #AAC596

triadic

#C2C596 #96C2C5 #C596C2

tetradic

#C2C596 #96C5B0 #9996C5 #C596AA

square

#C2C596 #96C5B0 #9996C5 #C596AA

split-complementary

#C2C596 #96AAC5 #B096C5

monochromatic

#8D9150 #ABAF6F #C2C596 #D9DBBD #F0F1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C2C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C2C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C596

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C596	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.063 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d6b5',
    500: '#c2c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c596;
$custom-light: #d5d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.83,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80921,
    "c": 0.06311,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C596

secondary

#696699

accent

#3EA745

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C596

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

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