#C6C842#C6C842

#C6C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.152 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C842
RGB	rgb(198, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -16.94, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 65.92, 104.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0525 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.152 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9278, 53.7089, 13.1534)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C842 #4442C8

analogous

#C88742 #C6C842 #83C842

triadic

#C6C842 #42C6C8 #C842C6

tetradic

#C6C842 #42C887 #4442C8 #C84283

square

#C6C842 #42C887 #4442C8 #C84283

split-complementary

#C6C842 #4283C8 #8742C8

monochromatic

#6E6F20 #9D9F2E #C6C842 #D4D671 #E3E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C6C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#C6C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C842

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C842	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.152 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd87e',
    500: '#c6c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c842;
$custom-light: #dbd87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C842

secondary

#373679

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C842

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

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