#C6C43B#C6C43B

#C6C43B 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	#C6C43B
RGB	rgb(198, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -15.30, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 66.97, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0486 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.153 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8196, 51.8028, 11.8275)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C43B #3B3DC6

analogous

#C67F3B #C6C43B #82C63B

triadic

#C6C43B #3BC6C4 #C43BC6

tetradic

#C6C43B #3BC67F #3B3DC6 #C63B82

square

#C6C43B #3BC67F #3B3DC6 #C63B82

split-complementary

#C6C43B #3B82C6 #7F3BC6

monochromatic

#68671E #98962C #C6C43B #D4D26A #E2E19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C6C43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#C6C43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C43B

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C43B	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)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.153 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd57a',
    500: '#c6c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c43b;
$custom-light: #dbd57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79787,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C43B

secondary

#333472

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C43B

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

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