#C6C845#C6C845

#C6C845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.150 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C845
RGB	rgb(198, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -16.77, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 64.77, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0518 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.15 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0186, 53.7452, 13.6315)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C845 #4745C8

analogous

#C88845 #C6C845 #84C845

triadic

#C6C845 #45C6C8 #C845C6

tetradic

#C6C845 #45C888 #4745C8 #C84584

square

#C6C845 #45C888 #4745C8 #C84584

split-complementary

#C6C845 #4584C8 #8845C8

monochromatic

#707121 #9FA02F #C6C845 #D4D674 #E3E4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C6C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C6C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C845

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C845	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.150 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad880',
    500: '#c6c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c845;
$custom-light: #dad880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80727,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C845

secondary

#38377A

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C845

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

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