#C6D942#C6D942

#C6D942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.170 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6D942
RGB	rgb(198, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -25.26, 68.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 72.86, 110.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0758 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.17 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0861, 62.0255, 14.5395)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6D942 #5542D9

analogous

#D9A142 #C6D942 #7AD942

triadic

#C6D942 #42C6D9 #D942C6

tetradic

#C6D942 #42D9A1 #5542D9 #D9427A

square

#C6D942 #42D9A1 #5542D9 #D9427A

split-complementary

#C6D942 #427AD9 #A142D9

monochromatic

#78861B #A6B925 #C6D942 #D5E375 #E5EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#C6D942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#C6D942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6D942

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6D942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6D942	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6d942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.170 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe480',
    500: '#c6d942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6d942;
$custom-light: #dbe480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6d942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.55,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84416,
    "c": 0.17031,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6D942

secondary

#3E338C

accent

#3EE954

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6D942

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

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