#C6C535#C6C535

#C6C535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.157 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C535
RGB	rgb(198, 197, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -16.08, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 69.41, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0514 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.157 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8992, 52.1967, 11.1300)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C535 #3536C6

analogous

#C67D35 #C6C535 #7FC635

triadic

#C6C535 #35C6C5 #C535C6

tetradic

#C6C535 #35C67D #3536C6 #C6357F

square

#C6C535 #35C67D #3536C6 #C6357F

split-complementary

#C6C535 #357FC6 #7D35C6

monochromatic

#65651B #969528 #C6C535 #D5D463 #E2E293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C6C535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C6C535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C535

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C535	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)

#D5BD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 197, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.157 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd677',
    500: '#c6c535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c535;
$custom-light: #dbd677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79964,
    "c": 0.15724,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C535

secondary

#2F3070

accent

#48E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C535

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

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