#C2C940#C2C940

#C2C940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.155 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2C940
RGB	rgb(194, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -19.22, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 67.12, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0589 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.155 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0615, 53.6138, 12.8769)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2C940 #4740C9

analogous

#C98C40 #C2C940 #7DC940

triadic

#C2C940 #40C2C9 #C940C2

tetradic

#C2C940 #40C98C #4740C9 #C9407D

square

#C2C940 #40C98C #4740C9 #C9407D

split-complementary

#C2C940 #407DC9 #8C40C9

monochromatic

#6B6F1F #999F2D #C2C940 #D1D670 #E0E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C2C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#C2C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2C940

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2C940	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)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFBDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.155 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d97d',
    500: '#c2c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2c940;
$custom-light: #d8d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80577,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2C940

secondary

#383578

accent

#49DF50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2C940

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

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