#C6B035#C6B035

#C6B035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B035
RGB	rgb(198, 176, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -5.32, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 62.38, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0211 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.139 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4586, 43.3154, 9.6498)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B035 #354BC6

analogous

#C66835 #C6B035 #93C635

triadic

#C6B035 #35C6B0 #B035C6

tetradic

#C6B035 #35C668 #354BC6 #C63593

square

#C6B035 #35C668 #354BC6 #C63593

split-complementary

#C6B035 #3593C6 #6835C6

monochromatic

#655A1B #968528 #C6B035 #D5C463 #E2D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C6B035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C6B035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B035

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B035	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)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 176, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc775',
    500: '#c6b035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b035;
$custom-light: #dbc775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75484,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B035

secondary

#8A94CD

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B035

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

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