#C6C43A#C6C43A

#C6C43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.153 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C43A
RGB	rgb(198, 196, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -15.35, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 67.33, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0489 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.153 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7940, 51.7925, 11.6922)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C43A #3A3CC6

analogous

#C67E3A #C6C43A #82C63A

triadic

#C6C43A #3AC6C4 #C43AC6

tetradic

#C6C43A #3AC67E #3A3CC6 #C63A82

square

#C6C43A #3AC67E #3A3CC6 #C63A82

split-complementary

#C6C43A #3A82C6 #7E3AC6

monochromatic

#68671E #97962C #C6C43A #D4D269 #E1E099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C6C43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C6C43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C43A

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C43A	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.153 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd579',
    500: '#c6c43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c43a;
$custom-light: #dbd579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7978,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C43A

secondary

#323372

accent

#4BDE49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C43A

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

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