#C6CC42#C6CC42

#C6CC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.156 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CC42
RGB	rgb(198, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -18.93, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 67.51, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0581 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.156 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8663, 55.5859, 13.4662)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CC42 #4842CC

analogous

#CC8D42 #C6CC42 #81CC42

triadic

#C6CC42 #42C6CC #CC42C6

tetradic

#C6CC42 #42CC8D #4842CC #CC4281

square

#C6CC42 #42CC8D #4842CC #CC4281

split-complementary

#C6CC42 #4281CC #8D42CC

monochromatic

#71741F #9FA42C #C6CC42 #D5D972 #E3E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#C6CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#C6CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CC42

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CC42	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.156 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdb7e',
    500: '#c6cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cc42;
$custom-light: #dbdb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81571,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CC42

secondary

#38357D

accent

#47E14E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CC42

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

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