#C6D042#C6D042

#C6D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.161 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6D042
RGB	rgb(198, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -20.90, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 69.12, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0636 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.161 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8293, 57.5118, 13.7872)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6D042 #4C42D0

analogous

#D09342 #C6D042 #7FD042

triadic

#C6D042 #42C6D0 #D042C6

tetradic

#C6D042 #42D093 #4C42D0 #D0427F

square

#C6D042 #42D093 #4C42D0 #D0427F

split-complementary

#C6D042 #427FD0 #9342D0

monochromatic

#73791E #A1AA2A #C6D042 #D5DC73 #E4E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#C6D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#C6D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6D042

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6D042	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)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.161 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbde7f',
    500: '#c6d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6d042;
$custom-light: #dbde7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82443,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6D042

secondary

#3A3581

accent

#44E350

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6D042

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

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