#C6DE42#C6DE42

#C6DE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.176 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6DE42
RGB	rgb(198, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -27.64, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 74.97, 111.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0824 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.176 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3944, 64.6422, 14.9756)
Luminance	0.6464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6DE42 #5A42DE

analogous

#DEA842 #C6DE42 #78DE42

triadic

#C6DE42 #42C6DE #DE42C6

tetradic

#C6DE42 #42DEA8 #5A42DE #DE4278

square

#C6DE42 #42DEA8 #5A42DE #DE4278

split-complementary

#C6DE42 #4278DE #A842DE

monochromatic

#7B8D19 #A9C122 #C6DE42 #D6E776 #E5F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#C6DE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#C6DE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6DE42

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6DE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6DE42	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6de42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.176 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe880',
    500: '#c6de42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6de42;
$custom-light: #dbe880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6de42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85518,
    "c": 0.17586,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6DE42

secondary

#413292

accent

#3BED56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6DE42

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

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