#C6C726#C6C726

#C6C726 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.166 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C726
RGB	rgb(198, 199, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 80.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -17.64, 72.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 74.52, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0569 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.166 110)
XYZ	xyz(44.0637, 52.9939, 9.7411)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C726 #2726C7

analogous

#C77826 #C6C726 #76C726

triadic

#C6C726 #26C6C7 #C726C6

tetradic

#C6C726 #26C778 #2726C7 #C72676

square

#C6C726 #26C778 #2726C7 #C72676

split-complementary

#C6C726 #2676C7 #7826C7

monochromatic

#606012 #93941C #C6C726 #DCDD4D #E6E781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C6C726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C6C726 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C726

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C726	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 199, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.166 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd771',
    500: '#c6c726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c726;
$custom-light: #dcd771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.373,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8032,
    "c": 0.16637,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.52993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C726

secondary

#27266B

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C726

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

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