#C6B13A#C6B13A

#C6B13A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B13A
RGB	rgb(198, 177, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -5.60, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 60.81, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0214 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(39.7764, 43.7574, 10.3530)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B13A #3A4FC6

analogous

#C66B3A #C6B13A #95C63A

triadic

#C6B13A #3AC6B1 #B13AC6

tetradic

#C6B13A #3AC66B #3A4FC6 #C63A95

square

#C6B13A #3AC66B #3A4FC6 #C63A95

split-complementary

#C6B13A #3A95C6 #6B3AC6

monochromatic

#685D1E #97872C #C6B13A #D4C469 #E1D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C6B13A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#C6B13A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B13A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B13A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B13A	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)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b13a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc777',
    500: '#c6b13a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b13a;
$custom-light: #dbc777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b13a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7573,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.43756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B13A

secondary

#8F98CD

accent

#60DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B13A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →