#C6C879#C6C879

#C6C879 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.101 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6C879
RGB	rgb(198, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -12.41, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 41.17, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0342 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.101 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3948, 54.6957, 26.1461)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6C879 #7B79C8

analogous

#C8A279 #C6C879 #9EC879

triadic

#C6C879 #79C6C8 #C879C6

tetradic

#C6C879 #79C8A2 #7B79C8 #C8799E

square

#C6C879 #79C8A2 #7B79C8 #C8799E

split-complementary

#C6C879 #799EC8 #A279C8

monochromatic

#8B8D3A #B4B64E #C6C879 #D8DAA4 #EBECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C6C879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#C6C879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6C879

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6C879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6C879	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6c879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.101 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8d8a1',
    500: '#c6c879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6c879;
$custom-light: #d8d8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6c879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.519,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81346,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6C879

secondary

#535194

accent

#31B534

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6C879

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

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