#C6D542#C6D542

#C6D542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.166 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6D542
RGB	rgb(198, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -23.33, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 71.18, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0704 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.166 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0676, 59.9884, 14.2000)
Luminance	0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6D542 #5142D5

analogous

#D59A42 #C6D542 #7DD542

triadic

#C6D542 #42C6D5 #D542C6

tetradic

#C6D542 #42D59A #5142D5 #D5427D

square

#C6D542 #42D59A #5142D5 #D5427D

split-complementary

#C6D542 #427DD5 #9A42D5

monochromatic

#76801C #A4B228 #C6D542 #D5E074 #E4EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#C6D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#C6D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6D542

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6D542	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.166 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe17f',
    500: '#c6d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6d542;
$custom-light: #dbe17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83537,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6D542

secondary

#3C3487

accent

#41E752

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6D542

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

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