#C6CD42#C6CD42

#C6CD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.157 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CD42
RGB	rgb(198, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -19.42, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 67.91, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0595 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1048, 56.0628, 13.5457)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CD42 #4942CD

analogous

#CD8F42 #C6CD42 #80CD42

triadic

#C6CD42 #42C6CD #CD42C6

tetradic

#C6CD42 #42CD8F #4942CD #CD4280

square

#C6CD42 #42CD8F #4942CD #CD4280

split-complementary

#C6CD42 #4280CD #8F42CD

monochromatic

#71761F #A0A62C #C6CD42 #D5DA72 #E3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C6CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#C6CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CD42

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CD42	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)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7e',
    500: '#c6cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cd42;
$custom-light: #dbdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81789,
    "c": 0.15733,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CD42

secondary

#39357E

accent

#46E14E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CD42

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

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