#C2CD42#C2CD42

#C2CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.158 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2CD42
RGB	rgb(194, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -21.08, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 68.01, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0639 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.158 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0641, 55.5262, 13.4969)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2CD42 #4D42CD

analogous

#CD9242 #C2CD42 #7CCD42

triadic

#C2CD42 #42C2CD #CD42C2

tetradic

#C2CD42 #42CD92 #4D42CD #CD427C

square

#C2CD42 #42CD92 #4D42CD #CD427C

split-complementary

#C2CD42 #427CCD #9242CD

monochromatic

#6F761F #9CA62C #C2CD42 #D2DA72 #E1E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C2CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#C2CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2CD42

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2CD42	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.158 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc7e',
    500: '#c2cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2cd42;
$custom-light: #d8dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.748,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81468,
    "c": 0.15837,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2CD42

secondary

#3B357E

accent

#46E153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2CD42

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

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