#C6C545#C6C545

#C6C545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.147 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C545
RGB	rgb(198, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -15.27, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 63.58, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0475 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.147 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3306, 52.3692, 13.4022)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C545 #4546C6

analogous

#C68545 #C6C545 #86C645

triadic

#C6C545 #45C6C5 #C545C6

tetradic

#C6C545 #45C685 #4546C6 #C64586

square

#C6C545 #45C685 #4546C6 #C64586

split-complementary

#C6C545 #4586C6 #8545C6

monochromatic

#6F6E22 #9E9D30 #C6C545 #D4D474 #E3E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#C6C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#C6C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C545

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C545	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.147 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad67f',
    500: '#c6c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c545;
$custom-light: #dad67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80079,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C545

secondary

#373878

accent

#4CDC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C545

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

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