#C6C438#C6C438

#C6C438 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	#C6C438
RGB	rgb(198, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -15.45, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 68.03, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0493 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.155 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7441, 51.7725, 11.4294)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C438 #383AC6

analogous

#C67D38 #C6C438 #81C638

triadic

#C6C438 #38C6C4 #C438C6

tetradic

#C6C438 #38C67D #383AC6 #C63881

square

#C6C438 #38C67D #383AC6 #C63881

split-complementary

#C6C438 #3881C6 #7D38C6

monochromatic

#67661D #96952B #C6C438 #D4D367 #E2E097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C6C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#C6C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C438

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C438	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)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.155 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd578',
    500: '#c6c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c438;
$custom-light: #dbd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79767,
    "c": 0.15453,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C438

secondary

#313271

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C438

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

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