#C2C856#C2C856

#C2C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C856
RGB	rgb(194, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -17.29, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 57.75, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0512 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.137 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5832, 53.4507, 16.7708)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C856 #5C56C8

analogous

#C89556 #C2C856 #89C856

triadic

#C2C856 #56C2C8 #C856C2

tetradic

#C2C856 #56C895 #5C56C8 #C85689

square

#C2C856 #56C895 #5C56C8 #C85689

split-complementary

#C2C856 #5689C8 #9556C8

monochromatic

#777B28 #A4AA37 #C2C856 #D3D784 #E3E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C2C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C2C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C856

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C856	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d88a',
    500: '#c2c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c856;
$custom-light: #d7d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80557,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C856

secondary

#423F84

accent

#4DDA55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C856

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

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