#C6C73B#C6C73B

#C6C73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.156 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C73B
RGB	rgb(198, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -16.81, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 68.10, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0529 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.156 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5031, 53.1697, 12.0553)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C73B #3C3BC7

analogous

#C7823B #C6C73B #80C73B

triadic

#C6C73B #3BC6C7 #C73BC6

tetradic

#C6C73B #3BC782 #3C3BC7 #C73B80

square

#C6C73B #3BC782 #3C3BC7 #C73B80

split-complementary

#C6C73B #3B80C7 #823BC7

monochromatic

#69691E #98992C #C6C73B #D4D56B #E2E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C6C73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#C6C73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C73B

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C73B	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.156 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd77a',
    500: '#c6c73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c73b;
$custom-light: #dbd77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80436,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C73B

secondary

#333373

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C73B

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

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