#C6C230#C6C230

#C6C230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.157 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C230
RGB	rgb(198, 194, 48)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 75.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -14.79, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 69.95, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0482 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.157 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1157, 50.8042, 10.3308)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C230 #3034C6

analogous

#C67730 #C6C230 #7FC630

triadic

#C6C230 #30C6C2 #C230C6

tetradic

#C6C230 #30C677 #3034C6 #C6307F

square

#C6C230 #30C677 #3034C6 #C6307F

split-complementary

#C6C230 #307FC6 #7730C6

monochromatic

#636118 #959224 #C6C230 #D7D45C #E3E18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C6C230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#C6C230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C230

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C230	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 194, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.157 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd474',
    500: '#c6c230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c230;
$custom-light: #dbd474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79286,
    "c": 0.15707,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C230

secondary

#2C2E6E

accent

#48E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C230

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

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