#C6C436#C6C436

#C6C436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.156 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C436
RGB	rgb(198, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -15.54, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 68.71, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0498 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.156 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6961, 51.7533, 11.1770)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C436 #3638C6

analogous

#C67C36 #C6C436 #80C636

triadic

#C6C436 #36C6C4 #C436C6

tetradic

#C6C436 #36C67C #3638C6 #C63680

square

#C6C436 #36C67C #3638C6 #C63680

split-complementary

#C6C436 #3680C6 #7C36C6

monochromatic

#66651C #969429 #C6C436 #D5D364 #E2E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C6C436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C6C436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C436

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C436	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)

#D4BC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd577',
    500: '#c6c436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c436;
$custom-light: #dbd577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C436

secondary

#303170

accent

#4AE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C436

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

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