#C6C037#C6C037

#C6C037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.151 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C037
RGB	rgb(198, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -13.47, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 66.93, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0439 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.151 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8296, 49.9824, 11.0052)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C037 #373DC6

analogous

#C67937 #C6C037 #84C637

triadic

#C6C037 #37C6C0 #C037C6

tetradic

#C6C037 #37C679 #373DC6 #C63784

square

#C6C037 #37C679 #373DC6 #C63784

split-complementary

#C6C037 #3784C6 #7937C6

monochromatic

#66631C #96922A #C6C037 #D4D066 #E2DF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C6C037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C6C037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C037

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C037	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.151 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd277',
    500: '#c6c037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c037;
$custom-light: #dbd277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78898,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C037

secondary

#8C8ECD

accent

#4EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C037

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

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