#C6C538#C6C538

#C6C538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.155 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C538
RGB	rgb(198, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -15.95, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 68.39, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0507 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(43.9704, 52.2251, 11.5049)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C538 #3839C6

analogous

#C67E38 #C6C538 #80C638

triadic

#C6C538 #38C6C5 #C538C6

tetradic

#C6C538 #38C67E #3839C6 #C63880

square

#C6C538 #38C67E #3839C6 #C63880

split-complementary

#C6C538 #3880C6 #7E38C6

monochromatic

#67661D #96962B #C6C538 #D4D367 #E2E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C6C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#C6C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C538

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C538	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	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)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.155 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd678',
    500: '#c6c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c538;
$custom-light: #dbd678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79983,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.52224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C538

secondary

#313271

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C538

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

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