#C6CB40#C6CB40

#C6CB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.157 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CB40
RGB	rgb(198, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -18.54, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 67.85, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0572 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.157 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5715, 55.0889, 13.0821)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CB40 #4540CB

analogous

#CB8A40 #C6CB40 #81CB40

triadic

#C6CB40 #40C6CB #CB40C6

tetradic

#C6CB40 #40CB8A #4540CB #CB4081

square

#C6CB40 #40CB8A #4540CB #CB4081

split-complementary

#C6CB40 #4081CB #8A40CB

monochromatic

#6F721F #9EA22C #C6CB40 #D4D870 #E3E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C6CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C6CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CB40

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CB40	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.157 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda7d',
    500: '#c6cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cb40;
$custom-light: #dbda7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81339,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CB40

secondary

#37357B

accent

#47E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CB40

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

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