#C6CD37#C6CD37

#C6CD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.164 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CD37
RGB	rgb(198, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -19.97, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 71.75, 106.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.062 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.164 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8111, 55.9453, 11.9990)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CD37 #3E37CD

analogous

#CD8937 #C6CD37 #7BCD37

triadic

#C6CD37 #37C6CD #CD37C6

tetradic

#C6CD37 #37CD89 #3E37CD #CD377B

square

#C6CD37 #37CD89 #3E37CD #CD377B

split-complementary

#C6CD37 #377BCD #8937CD

monochromatic

#6A6E1C #999F28 #C6CD37 #D4D968 #E2E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C6CD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C6CD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CD37

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CD37	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.164 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc79',
    500: '#c6cd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cd37;
$custom-light: #dbdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81714,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CD37

secondary

#343177

accent

#45E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CD37

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

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