#C6CD49#C6CD49

#C6CD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.152 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CD49
RGB	rgb(198, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -19.01, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 65.23, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0577 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.152 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3239, 56.1505, 14.6999)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CD49 #5049CD

analogous

#CD9249 #C6CD49 #84CD49

triadic

#C6CD49 #49C6CD #CD49C6

tetradic

#C6CD49 #49CD92 #5049CD #CD4984

square

#C6CD49 #49CD92 #5049CD #CD4984

split-complementary

#C6CD49 #4984CD #9249CD

monochromatic

#757A22 #A4AA2F #C6CD49 #D5DA79 #E4E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C6CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#C6CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CD49

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CD49	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.152 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc82',
    500: '#c6cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6cd49;
$custom-light: #dadc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81844,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CD49

secondary

#3C3882

accent

#48E050

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CD49

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

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