#C6CD38#C6CD38

#C6CD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; 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	#C6CD38
RGB	rgb(198, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -19.92, 68.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 71.42, 106.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0618 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.164 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8353, 55.9550, 12.1265)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CD38 #3F38CD

analogous

#CD8938 #C6CD38 #7BCD38

triadic

#C6CD38 #38C6CD #CD38C6

tetradic

#C6CD38 #38CD89 #3F38CD #CD387B

square

#C6CD38 #38CD89 #3F38CD #CD387B

split-complementary

#C6CD38 #387BCD #8938CD

monochromatic

#6B6F1C #9AA028 #C6CD38 #D4D969 #E2E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C6CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#C6CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CD38

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CD38	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)

#DDC31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.164 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc79',
    500: '#c6cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cd38;
$custom-light: #dbdc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.819,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CD38

secondary

#343178

accent

#45E34C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CD38

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

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