#C6D159#C6D159

#C6D159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.144 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6D159
RGB	rgb(198, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -19.89, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 60.34, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0585 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.144 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8934, 58.3288, 18.1849)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6D159 #6459D1

analogous

#D1A059 #C6D159 #8AD159

triadic

#C6D159 #59C6D1 #D159C6

tetradic

#C6D159 #59D1A0 #6459D1 #D1598A

square

#C6D159 #59D1A0 #6459D1 #D1598A

split-complementary

#C6D159 #598AD1 #A059D1

monochromatic

#808926 #ADB933 #C6D159 #D6DE89 #E7ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#C6D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#C6D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6D159

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6D159	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.144 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadf8c',
    500: '#c6d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6d159;
$custom-light: #dadf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82865,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6D159

secondary

#463E90

accent

#48E056

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6D159

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

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