#C6C735#C6C735

#C6C735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.159 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C735
RGB	rgb(198, 199, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -17.09, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 70.14, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0542 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.159 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3563, 53.1110, 11.2824)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C735 #3635C7

analogous

#C77F35 #C6C735 #7DC735

triadic

#C6C735 #35C6C7 #C735C6

tetradic

#C6C735 #35C77F #3635C7 #C7357D

square

#C6C735 #35C77F #3635C7 #C7357D

split-complementary

#C6C735 #357DC7 #7F35C7

monochromatic

#66661B #969728 #C6C735 #D5D664 #E2E294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C6C735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#C6C735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C735

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C735	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 199, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.159 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd777',
    500: '#c6c735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c735;
$custom-light: #dbd777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.411,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80397,
    "c": 0.15919,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C735

secondary

#303071

accent

#47E148

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C735

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

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