#C6C435#C6C435

#C6C435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.156 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C435
RGB	rgb(198, 196, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -15.58, 67.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 69.04, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.05 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.156 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6729, 51.7441, 11.0545)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C435 #3537C6

analogous

#C67B35 #C6C435 #80C635

triadic

#C6C435 #35C6C4 #C435C6

tetradic

#C6C435 #35C67B #3537C6 #C63580

square

#C6C435 #35C67B #3537C6 #C63580

split-complementary

#C6C435 #3580C6 #7B35C6

monochromatic

#65641B #969428 #C6C435 #D5D463 #E2E193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C6C435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C6C435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C435

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C435	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 196, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.156 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd577',
    500: '#c6c435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c435;
$custom-light: #dbd577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79748,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C435

secondary

#2F3070

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C435

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

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