#C6CD40#C6CD40

#C6CD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.159 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CD40
RGB	rgb(198, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -19.53, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 68.64, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.06 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.159 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0468, 56.0396, 13.2406)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CD40 #4740CD

analogous

#CD8E40 #C6CD40 #7FCD40

triadic

#C6CD40 #40C6CD #CD40C6

tetradic

#C6CD40 #40CD8E #4740CD #CD407F

square

#C6CD40 #40CD8E #4740CD #CD407F

split-complementary

#C6CD40 #407FCD #8E40CD

monochromatic

#70741E #9FA52B #C6CD40 #D4DA71 #E3E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C6CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C6CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CD40

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CD40	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.159 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7d',
    500: '#c6cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cd40;
$custom-light: #dbdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81774,
    "c": 0.15865,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CD40

secondary

#38347D

accent

#46E24E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CD40

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

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