#C6C242#C6C242

#C6C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.146 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C242
RGB	rgb(198, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -13.93, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 63.60, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0441 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.146 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5654, 50.9841, 12.6993)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C242 #4246C6

analogous

#C68042 #C6C242 #88C642

triadic

#C6C242 #42C6C2 #C242C6

tetradic

#C6C242 #42C680 #4246C6 #C64288

square

#C6C242 #42C680 #4246C6 #C64288

split-complementary

#C6C242 #4288C6 #8042C6

monochromatic

#6D6A21 #9C992F #C6C242 #D4D171 #E2E0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#C6C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#C6C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C242

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C242	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.146 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd47d',
    500: '#c6c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c242;
$custom-light: #dbd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79408,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C242

secondary

#363876

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C242

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

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