#C6C237#C6C237

#C6C237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.153 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C237
RGB	rgb(198, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -14.49, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 67.64, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0467 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.153 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2717, 50.8666, 11.1525)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C237 #373BC6

analogous

#C67B37 #C6C237 #82C637

triadic

#C6C237 #37C6C2 #C237C6

tetradic

#C6C237 #37C67B #373BC6 #C63782

square

#C6C237 #37C67B #373BC6 #C63782

split-complementary

#C6C237 #3782C6 #7B37C6

monochromatic

#66641C #96932A #C6C237 #D4D166 #E2E096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C6C237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#C6C237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C237

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C237	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)

#D2BA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.153 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd478',
    500: '#c6c237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c237;
$custom-light: #dbd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79329,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C237

secondary

#313270

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C237

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

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