#C6B034#C6B034

#C6B034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B034
RGB	rgb(198, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 73.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -5.36, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 62.75, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0213 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4358, 43.3063, 9.5299)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B034 #344AC6

analogous

#C66734 #C6B034 #93C634

triadic

#C6B034 #34C6B0 #B034C6

tetradic

#C6B034 #34C667 #344AC6 #C63493

square

#C6B034 #34C667 #344AC6 #C63493

split-complementary

#C6B034 #3493C6 #6734C6

monochromatic

#655A1B #968527 #C6B034 #D6C462 #E2D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C6B034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C6B034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B034

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B034	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc774',
    500: '#c6b034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b034;
$custom-light: #dbc774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75477,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B034

secondary

#8993CD

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B034

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

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