#C6C140#C6C140

#C6C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.147 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C140
RGB	rgb(198, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -13.53, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 64.00, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0432 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.147 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2857, 50.5173, 12.3202)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C140 #4045C6

analogous

#C67E40 #C6C140 #88C640

triadic

#C6C140 #40C6C1 #C140C6

tetradic

#C6C140 #40C67E #4045C6 #C64088

square

#C6C140 #40C67E #4045C6 #C64088

split-complementary

#C6C140 #4088C6 #7E40C6

monochromatic

#6C6920 #9B972E #C6C140 #D4D06F #E2E09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C6C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C6C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C140

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C140	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.147 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd37c',
    500: '#c6c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c140;
$custom-light: #dbd37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C140

secondary

#353775

accent

#50DD4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C140

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

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