#C6C537#C6C537

#C6C537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.156 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C537
RGB	rgb(198, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -16.00, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 68.74, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.051 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.156 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9462, 52.2155, 11.3774)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C537 #3738C6

analogous

#C67D37 #C6C537 #80C637

triadic

#C6C537 #37C6C5 #C537C6

tetradic

#C6C537 #37C67D #3738C6 #C63780

square

#C6C537 #37C67D #3738C6 #C63780

split-complementary

#C6C537 #3780C6 #7D37C6

monochromatic

#66661C #96952A #C6C537 #D4D466 #E2E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#C6C537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C6C537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C537

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C537	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)

#D5BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.156 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd678',
    500: '#c6c537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c537;
$custom-light: #dbd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79976,
    "c": 0.15609,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C537

secondary

#313170

accent

#49E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C537

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

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