#C6DD42#C6DD42

#C6DD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.175 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6DD42
RGB	rgb(198, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -27.16, 69.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 74.55, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.3% -0.0811 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(85.3% 0.175 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1296, 64.1125, 14.8873)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6DD42 #5942DD

analogous

#DDA742 #C6DD42 #79DD42

triadic

#C6DD42 #42C6DD #DD42C6

tetradic

#C6DD42 #42DDA7 #5942DD #DD4279

square

#C6DD42 #42DDA7 #5942DD #DD4279

split-complementary

#C6DD42 #4279DD #A742DD

monochromatic

#7B8C19 #A8BF22 #C6DD42 #D6E676 #E5F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#C6DD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#C6DD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6DD42

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6DD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6DD42	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.175 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe780',
    500: '#c6dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6dd42;
$custom-light: #dbe780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.903,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85297,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6DD42

secondary

#403291

accent

#3BEC56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6DD42

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

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