#C6C236#C6C236

#C6C236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.154 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C236
RGB	rgb(198, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -14.53, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 67.99, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.047 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.154 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2480, 50.8571, 11.0276)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C236 #363AC6

analogous

#C67A36 #C6C236 #82C636

triadic

#C6C236 #36C6C2 #C236C6

tetradic

#C6C236 #36C67A #363AC6 #C63682

square

#C6C236 #36C67A #363AC6 #C63682

split-complementary

#C6C236 #3682C6 #7A36C6

monochromatic

#66641C #969329 #C6C236 #D5D264 #E2E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C6C236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C6C236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C236

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C236	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.154 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd477',
    500: '#c6c236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c236;
$custom-light: #dbd477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79322,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C236

secondary

#303270

accent

#4CE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C236

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

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