#C2C859#C2C859

#C2C859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.135 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C859
RGB	rgb(194, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -17.05, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 56.42, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0502 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.135 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7066, 53.5001, 17.4207)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C859 #5F59C8

analogous

#C89759 #C2C859 #8BC859

triadic

#C2C859 #59C2C8 #C859C2

tetradic

#C2C859 #59C897 #5F59C8 #C8598B

square

#C2C859 #59C897 #5F59C8 #C8598B

split-complementary

#C2C859 #598BC8 #9759C8

monochromatic

#797D29 #A5AB39 #C2C859 #D3D787 #E4E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C2C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#C2C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C859

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C859	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.135 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7d88c',
    500: '#c2c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c859;
$custom-light: #d7d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8059,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C859

secondary

#444085

accent

#4EDA56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C859

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

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