#C6C43E#C6C43E

#C6C43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.151 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C43E
RGB	rgb(198, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -15.15, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 65.88, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0479 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.151 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8997, 51.8348, 12.2491)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C43E #3E40C6

analogous

#C6803E #C6C43E #84C63E

triadic

#C6C43E #3EC6C4 #C43EC6

tetradic

#C6C43E #3EC680 #3E40C6 #C63E84

square

#C6C43E #3EC680 #3E40C6 #C63E84

split-complementary

#C6C43E #3E84C6 #803EC6

monochromatic

#6A691F #99982D #C6C43E #D4D26D #E2E19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#C6C43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#C6C43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C43E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C43E	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.151 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd57b',
    500: '#c6c43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c43e;
$custom-light: #dbd57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79808,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C43E

secondary

#343574

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C43E

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

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