#C6C262#C6C262

#C6C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C262
RGB	rgb(198, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 50.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -11.63, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 49.65, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0341 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.119 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7862, 51.4724, 19.1289)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C262 #6266C6

analogous

#C69062 #C6C262 #98C662

triadic

#C6C262 #62C6C2 #C262C6

tetradic

#C6C262 #62C690 #6266C6 #C66298

square

#C6C262 #62C690 #6266C6 #C66298

split-complementary

#C6C262 #6298C6 #9062C6

monochromatic

#7F7C2E #ACA83F #C6C262 #D6D38F #E7E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#C6C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#C6C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C262

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C262	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d491',
    500: '#c6c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c262;
$custom-light: #d9d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 46.729,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79738,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C262

secondary

#454787

accent

#57D651

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C262

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

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