#C2CE42#C2CE42

#C2CE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.159 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2CE42
RGB	rgb(194, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -21.57, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 68.43, 108.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.0653 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.159 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3040, 56.0061, 13.5769)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2CE42 #4E42CE

analogous

#CE9442 #C2CE42 #7CCE42

triadic

#C2CE42 #42C2CE #CE42C2

tetradic

#C2CE42 #42CE94 #4E42CE #CE427C

square

#C2CE42 #42CE94 #4E42CE #CE427C

split-complementary

#C2CE42 #427CCE #9442CE

monochromatic

#6F771F #9DA72B #C2CE42 #D2DB73 #E1E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C2CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#C2CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2CE42

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2CE42	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CEC2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.159 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8dc7e',
    500: '#c2ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2ce42;
$custom-light: #d8dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81687,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2CE42

secondary

#3B357F

accent

#46E253

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2CE42

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

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