#C6E042#C6E042

#C6E042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.178 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6E042
RGB	rgb(198, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -28.58, 70.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 75.82, 112.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.085 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.178 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9288, 65.7108, 15.1537)
Luminance	0.6571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6E042 #5C42E0

analogous

#E0AB42 #C6E042 #77E042

triadic

#C6E042 #42C6E0 #E042C6

tetradic

#C6E042 #42E0AB #5C42E0 #E04277

square

#C6E042 #42E0AB #5C42E0 #E04277

split-complementary

#C6E042 #4277E0 #AB42E0

monochromatic

#7C9018 #AAC520 #C6E042 #D6E977 #E6F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#C6E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#C6E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6E042

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6E042	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.178 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbe980',
    500: '#c6e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6e042;
$custom-light: #dbe980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.873,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8596,
    "c": 0.1781,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6E042

secondary

#423195

accent

#39EF57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6E042

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

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