#C6B043#C6B043

#C6B043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B043
RGB	rgb(198, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 66.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -4.58, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 56.87, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0174 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8290, 43.4636, 11.6005)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B043 #4359C6

analogous

#C66F43 #C6B043 #9AC643

triadic

#C6B043 #43C6B0 #B043C6

tetradic

#C6B043 #43C66F #4359C6 #C6439A

square

#C6B043 #43C66F #4359C6 #C6439A

split-complementary

#C6B043 #439AC6 #6F43C6

monochromatic

#6D6121 #9C8A2F #C6B043 #D4C472 #E2D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C6B043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C6B043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B043

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B043	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)

#C1AC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc77c',
    500: '#c6b043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b043;
$custom-light: #dbc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75595,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B043

secondary

#969FCF

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B043

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

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