#C6B038#C6B038

#C6B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B038
RGB	rgb(198, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -5.18, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 61.27, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0204 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.137 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5297, 43.3439, 10.0247)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B038 #384EC6

analogous

#C66938 #C6B038 #95C638

triadic

#C6B038 #38C6B0 #B038C6

tetradic

#C6B038 #38C669 #384EC6 #C63895

square

#C6B038 #38C669 #384EC6 #C63895

split-complementary

#C6B038 #3895C6 #6938C6

monochromatic

#675B1D #96862B #C6B038 #D4C367 #E2D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C6B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C6B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B038

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B038	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc776',
    500: '#c6b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b038;
$custom-light: #dbc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75505,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B038

secondary

#8D97CD

accent

#60DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B038

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

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