#C6C045#C6C045

#C6C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.142 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C045
RGB	rgb(198, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -12.74, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 61.66, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0404 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.142 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2141, 50.1362, 13.0300)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C045 #454BC6

analogous

#C67F45 #C6C045 #8CC645

triadic

#C6C045 #45C6C0 #C045C6

tetradic

#C6C045 #45C67F #454BC6 #C6458C

square

#C6C045 #45C67F #454BC6 #C6458C

split-complementary

#C6C045 #458CC6 #7F45C6

monochromatic

#6F6B22 #9E9830 #C6C045 #D4D074 #E3E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C6C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C6C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C045

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C045	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.142 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad27f',
    500: '#c6c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c045;
$custom-light: #dad27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79004,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C045

secondary

#373A78

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C045

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

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