#C6DC42#C6DC42

#C6DC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.174 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6DC42
RGB	rgb(198, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -26.69, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 74.12, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0797 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.174 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8664, 63.5861, 14.7996)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6DC42 #5842DC

analogous

#DCA542 #C6DC42 #79DC42

triadic

#C6DC42 #42C6DC #DC42C6

tetradic

#C6DC42 #42DCA5 #5842DC #DC4279

square

#C6DC42 #42DCA5 #5842DC #DC4279

split-complementary

#C6DC42 #4279DC #A542DC

monochromatic

#7A8A1A #A8BE23 #C6DC42 #D6E676 #E5EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#C6DC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#C6DC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6DC42

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6DC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6DC42	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6dc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.174 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe680',
    500: '#c6dc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6dc42;
$custom-light: #dbe680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6dc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85077,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6DC42

secondary

#403290

accent

#3CEC55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6DC42

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

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