#C6B036#C6B036

#C6B036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B036
RGB	rgb(198, 176, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -5.27, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 62.02, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0208 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4818, 43.3247, 9.7722)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B036 #364CC6

analogous

#C66836 #C6B036 #94C636

triadic

#C6B036 #36C6B0 #B036C6

tetradic

#C6B036 #36C668 #364CC6 #C63694

square

#C6B036 #36C668 #364CC6 #C63694

split-complementary

#C6B036 #3694C6 #6836C6

monochromatic

#665B1C #968529 #C6B036 #D5C464 #E2D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C6B036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C6B036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B036

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B036	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)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 176, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc775',
    500: '#c6b036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b036;
$custom-light: #dbc775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B036

secondary

#8B95CD

accent

#5FE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B036

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

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