#C6CA38#C6CA38

#C6CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.160 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CA38
RGB	rgb(198, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -18.44, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 70.27, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0577 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.16 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1246, 54.5335, 11.8896)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CA38 #3C38CA

analogous

#CA8538 #C6CA38 #7DCA38

triadic

#C6CA38 #38C6CA #CA38C6

tetradic

#C6CA38 #38CA85 #3C38CA #CA387D

square

#C6CA38 #38CA85 #3C38CA #CA387D

split-complementary

#C6CA38 #387DCA #8538CA

monochromatic

#696B1D #989B29 #C6CA38 #D4D768 #E2E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#C6CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#C6CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CA38

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CA38	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.160 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd979',
    500: '#c6ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ca38;
$custom-light: #dbd979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CA38

secondary

#333175

accent

#47E14B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CA38

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

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