#C6CB42#C6CB42

#C6CB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.155 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CB42
RGB	rgb(198, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -18.43, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 67.11, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0567 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.155 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6294, 55.1121, 13.3873)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CB42 #4742CB

analogous

#CB8C42 #C6CB42 #81CB42

triadic

#C6CB42 #42C6CB #CB42C6

tetradic

#C6CB42 #42CB8C #4742CB #CB4281

square

#C6CB42 #42CB8C #4742CB #CB4281

split-complementary

#C6CB42 #4281CB #8C42CB

monochromatic

#707320 #9FA32D #C6CB42 #D4D872 #E3E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#C6CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#C6CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CB42

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CB42	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)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.155 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbda7e',
    500: '#c6cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cb42;
$custom-light: #dbda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81354,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CB42

secondary

#38357C

accent

#48E04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CB42

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

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