#C6C038#C6C038

#C6C038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C038
RGB	rgb(198, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -13.43, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 66.58, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0437 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8538, 49.9921, 11.1327)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C038 #383EC6

analogous

#C67938 #C6C038 #85C638

triadic

#C6C038 #38C6C0 #C038C6

tetradic

#C6C038 #38C679 #383EC6 #C63885

square

#C6C038 #38C679 #383EC6 #C63885

split-complementary

#C6C038 #3885C6 #7938C6

monochromatic

#67631D #96922B #C6C038 #D4CF67 #E2DE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C6C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#C6C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C038

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C038	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)

#D0B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd278',
    500: '#c6c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c038;
$custom-light: #dbd278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78905,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C038

secondary

#8D8FCD

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C038

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →