#C6C042#C6C042

#C6C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.144 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C042
RGB	rgb(198, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -12.91, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 62.85, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0412 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.144 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1233, 50.0998, 12.5519)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C042 #4248C6

analogous

#C67E42 #C6C042 #8AC642

triadic

#C6C042 #42C6C0 #C042C6

tetradic

#C6C042 #42C67E #4248C6 #C6428A

square

#C6C042 #42C67E #4248C6 #C6428A

split-complementary

#C6C042 #428AC6 #7E42C6

monochromatic

#6D6921 #9C972F #C6C042 #D4D071 #E2DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C6C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#C6C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C042

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C042	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.144 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd27d',
    500: '#c6c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c042;
$custom-light: #dbd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78979,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C042

secondary

#363976

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C042

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

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