#C6C044#C6C044

#C6C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.143 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C044
RGB	rgb(198, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -12.80, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 62.06, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0407 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.143 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1833, 50.1238, 12.8679)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C044 #444AC6

analogous

#C67F44 #C6C044 #8BC644

triadic

#C6C044 #44C6C0 #C044C6

tetradic

#C6C044 #44C67F #444AC6 #C6448B

square

#C6C044 #44C67F #444AC6 #C6448B

split-complementary

#C6C044 #448BC6 #7F44C6

monochromatic

#6E6B22 #9D9830 #C6C044 #D4D073 #E3E0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C6C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#C6C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C044

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C044	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	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)

#D0B933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.143 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27e',
    500: '#c6c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c044;
$custom-light: #dad27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78995,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C044

secondary

#373A78

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C044

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

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