#C6C142#C6C142

#C6C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C142
RGB	rgb(198, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -13.42, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 63.22, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0426 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.145 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3436, 50.5405, 12.6253)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C142 #4247C6

analogous

#C67F42 #C6C142 #89C642

triadic

#C6C142 #42C6C1 #C142C6

tetradic

#C6C142 #42C67F #4247C6 #C64289

square

#C6C142 #42C67F #4247C6 #C64289

split-complementary

#C6C142 #4289C6 #7F42C6

monochromatic

#6D6A21 #9C982F #C6C142 #D4D071 #E2E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C6C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#C6C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C142

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C142	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd37d',
    500: '#c6c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c142;
$custom-light: #dbd37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79193,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C142

secondary

#363876

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C142

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

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