#C6CE42#C6CE42

#C6CE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.158 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CE42
RGB	rgb(198, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -19.91, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 68.31, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0609 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.158 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3447, 56.5428, 13.6257)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CE42 #4A42CE

analogous

#CE9042 #C6CE42 #80CE42

triadic

#C6CE42 #42C6CE #CE42C6

tetradic

#C6CE42 #42CE90 #4A42CE #CE4280

square

#C6CE42 #42CE90 #4A42CE #CE4280

split-complementary

#C6CE42 #4280CE #9042CE

monochromatic

#72771F #A0A72B #C6CE42 #D5DB73 #E3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C6CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#C6CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CE42

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CE42	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.158 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7e',
    500: '#c6ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ce42;
$custom-light: #dbdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82006,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CE42

secondary

#39357F

accent

#46E24F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CE42

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

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