#C6B040#C6B040

#C6B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B040
RGB	rgb(198, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -4.76, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 58.11, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0183 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.132 98)
XYZ	xyz(39.7413, 43.4285, 11.1387)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B040 #4056C6

analogous

#C66D40 #C6B040 #99C640

triadic

#C6B040 #40C6B0 #B040C6

tetradic

#C6B040 #40C66D #4056C6 #C64099

square

#C6B040 #40C66D #4056C6 #C64099

split-complementary

#C6B040 #4099C6 #6D40C6

monochromatic

#6C5F20 #9B892E #C6B040 #D4C36F #E2D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C6B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C6B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B040

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B040	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc77b',
    500: '#c6b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b040;
$custom-light: #dbc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75569,
    "c": 0.13151,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.43427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B040

secondary

#939DCE

accent

#63DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B040

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

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