#C6C238#C6C238

#C6C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.153 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C238
RGB	rgb(198, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -14.44, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 67.30, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0465 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.153 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2959, 50.8763, 11.2801)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C238 #383CC6

analogous

#C67B38 #C6C238 #83C638

triadic

#C6C238 #38C6C2 #C238C6

tetradic

#C6C238 #38C67B #383CC6 #C63883

square

#C6C238 #38C67B #383CC6 #C63883

split-complementary

#C6C238 #3883C6 #7B38C6

monochromatic

#67651D #96932B #C6C238 #D4D167 #E2DF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C6C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#C6C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C238

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C238	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.153 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd478',
    500: '#c6c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c238;
$custom-light: #dbd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79335,
    "c": 0.15261,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C238

secondary

#313371

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C238

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

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