#C6CE40#C6CE40

#C6CE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.160 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CE40
RGB	rgb(198, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -20.02, 66.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 69.04, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0614 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.16 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2868, 56.5196, 13.3206)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CE40 #4840CE

analogous

#CE8F40 #C6CE40 #7FCE40

triadic

#C6CE40 #40C6CE #CE40C6

tetradic

#C6CE40 #40CE8F #4840CE #CE407F

square

#C6CE40 #40CE8F #4840CE #CE407F

split-complementary

#C6CE40 #407FCE #8F40CE

monochromatic

#71751E #9FA62B #C6CE40 #D5DA71 #E3E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C6CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#C6CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CE40

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CE40	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.160 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7d',
    500: '#c6ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ce40;
$custom-light: #dbdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.38,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81992,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CE40

secondary

#38347E

accent

#45E24E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CE40

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

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