#C6C437#C6C437

#C6C437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.155 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C437
RGB	rgb(198, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -15.49, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 68.37, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0496 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.155 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7198, 51.7628, 11.3019)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C437 #3739C6

analogous

#C67D37 #C6C437 #81C637

triadic

#C6C437 #37C6C4 #C437C6

tetradic

#C6C437 #37C67D #3739C6 #C63781

square

#C6C437 #37C67D #3739C6 #C63781

split-complementary

#C6C437 #3781C6 #7D37C6

monochromatic

#66651C #96952A #C6C437 #D4D366 #E2E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C6C437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C6C437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C437

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C437	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)

#D4BC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.155 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd578',
    500: '#c6c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c437;
$custom-light: #dbd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7976,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C437

secondary

#313270

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C437

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

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