#C6B044#C6B044

#C6B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B044
RGB	rgb(198, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -4.52, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 56.45, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0172 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.129 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8592, 43.4757, 11.7598)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B044 #445AC6

analogous

#C66F44 #C6B044 #9BC644

triadic

#C6B044 #44C6B0 #B044C6

tetradic

#C6B044 #44C66F #445AC6 #C6449B

square

#C6B044 #44C66F #445AC6 #C6449B

split-complementary

#C6B044 #449BC6 #6F44C6

monochromatic

#6E6122 #9D8A30 #C6B044 #D4C473 #E3D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C6B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C6B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B044

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B044	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)

#C1AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc77d',
    500: '#c6b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b044;
$custom-light: #dbc77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75604,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B044

secondary

#97A0CF

accent

#64DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B044

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

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