#C6CE51#C6CE51

#C6CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.147 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6CE51
RGB	rgb(198, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -18.99, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 62.41, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0568 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.147 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8464, 56.7434, 16.2678)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6CE51 #5951CE

analogous

#CE9851 #C6CE51 #88CE51

triadic

#C6CE51 #51C6CE #CE51C6

tetradic

#C6CE51 #51CE98 #5951CE #CE5188

square

#C6CE51 #51CE98 #5951CE #CE5188

split-complementary

#C6CE51 #5188CE #9851CE

monochromatic

#7B8024 #A8B032 #C6CE51 #D6DB81 #E5E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#C6CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#C6CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6CE51

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6CE51	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.147 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadc87',
    500: '#c6ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ce51;
$custom-light: #dadc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82133,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6CE51

secondary

#403B88

accent

#48DF52

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6CE51

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

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