#C2C857#C2C857

#C2C857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; 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	#C2C857
RGB	rgb(194, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -17.21, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 57.31, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0509 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.137 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6238, 53.4669, 16.9844)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C857 #5D57C8

analogous

#C89657 #C2C857 #8AC857

triadic

#C2C857 #57C2C8 #C857C2

tetradic

#C2C857 #57C896 #5D57C8 #C8578A

square

#C2C857 #57C896 #5D57C8 #C8578A

split-complementary

#C2C857 #578AC8 #9657C8

monochromatic

#787C29 #A4AA38 #C2C857 #D3D785 #E3E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#C2C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#C2C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C857

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C857	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d88a',
    500: '#c2c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c857;
$custom-light: #d7d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.186,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80568,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C857

secondary

#433F84

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C857

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

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