#C6C533#C6C533

#C6C533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.158 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C533
RGB	rgb(198, 197, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 74.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -16.17, 68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 70.06, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0518 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.158 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8541, 52.1787, 10.8927)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C533 #3334C6

analogous

#C67C33 #C6C533 #7EC633

triadic

#C6C533 #33C6C5 #C533C6

tetradic

#C6C533 #33C67C #3334C6 #C6337E

square

#C6C533 #33C67C #3334C6 #C6337E

split-complementary

#C6C533 #337EC6 #7C33C6

monochromatic

#65641A #959526 #C6C533 #D6D560 #E3E291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C6C533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C6C533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C533

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C533	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 197, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.158 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd676',
    500: '#c6c533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c533;
$custom-light: #dbd676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79952,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C533

secondary

#2E2F6F

accent

#47E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C533

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

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