#C2C851#C2C851

#C2C851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.142 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C851
RGB	rgb(194, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -17.65, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 59.91, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0528 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.142 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3888, 53.3729, 15.7467)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C851 #5751C8

analogous

#C89251 #C2C851 #87C851

triadic

#C2C851 #51C2C8 #C851C2

tetradic

#C2C851 #51C892 #5751C8 #C85187

square

#C2C851 #51C892 #5751C8 #C85187

split-complementary

#C2C851 #5187C8 #9251C8

monochromatic

#747926 #A1A735 #C2C851 #D2D780 #E3E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C2C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#C2C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C851

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C851	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.142 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d887',
    500: '#c2c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c851;
$custom-light: #d7d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.025,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80506,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C851

secondary

#403C81

accent

#4CDB54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C851

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

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