#C6B13F#C6B13F
#C6B13F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C6B13F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(198, 177, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 54%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 68%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.2%, 22.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.10, -5.34, 58.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.10, 58.84, 95.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.77% -0.02 0.1315) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.77% 0.133 98.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.9099, 43.8108, 11.0558) |
| Luminance | 0.4381 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 3.80
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 3.88
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.33
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.86
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.99
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C6B13F #3F54C6
analogous
#C66D3F #C6B13F #97C63F
triadic
#C6B13F #3FC6B1 #B13FC6
tetradic
#C6B13F #3FC66D #3F54C6 #C63F97
square
#C6B13F #3FC66D #3F54C6 #C63F97
split-complementary
#C6B13F #3F97C6 #6D3FC6
monochromatic
#6B5F20 #9A892E #C6B13F #D4C46E #E2D79D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#C6B13F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.76
#C6B13F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C6B13F
9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C6B13F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C6B13F | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.76 | 9.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AD2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B445
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5A49A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c6b13f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 98.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dbc87a',
500: '#c6b13f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c6b13f; $custom-light: #dbc87a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c6b13f",
"rgb": {
"r": 198,
"g": 177,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.667,
"s": 54.217,
"l": 51.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7577,
"c": 0.13301,
"h": 98.7
},
"luminance": 0.43809
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C6B13F
secondary
#939CCE
accent
#61DE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF8EE
border
#D4D1C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C