#C6B138#C6B138

#C6B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B138
RGB	rgb(198, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -5.70, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 61.57, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0218 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.138 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7265, 43.7375, 10.0903)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B138 #384DC6

analogous

#C66A38 #C6B138 #94C638

triadic

#C6B138 #38C6B1 #B138C6

tetradic

#C6B138 #38C66A #384DC6 #C63894

square

#C6B138 #38C66A #384DC6 #C63894

split-complementary

#C6B138 #3894C6 #6A38C6

monochromatic

#675C1D #96862B #C6B138 #D4C467 #E2D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C6B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C6B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B138

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B138	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc776',
    500: '#c6b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b138;
$custom-light: #dbc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.13773,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B138

secondary

#8D96CD

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B138

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

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