#C6D040#C6D040

#C6D040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.162 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6D040
RGB	rgb(198, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -21.00, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 69.85, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0641 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.162 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7713, 57.4887, 13.4821)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6D040 #4A40D0

analogous

#D09240 #C6D040 #7ED040

triadic

#C6D040 #40C6D0 #D040C6

tetradic

#C6D040 #40D092 #4A40D0 #D0407E

square

#C6D040 #40D092 #4A40D0 #D0407E

split-complementary

#C6D040 #407ED0 #9240D0

monochromatic

#72781E #A0A92A #C6D040 #D5DC71 #E3E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C6D040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#C6D040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6D040

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6D040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6D040	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6d040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.162 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbde7e',
    500: '#c6d040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6d040;
$custom-light: #dbde7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6d040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82428,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6D040

secondary

#393480

accent

#44E44F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6D040

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

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