#C6B140#C6B140

#C6B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B140
RGB	rgb(198, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -5.28, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 58.43, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0198 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9381, 43.8221, 11.2043)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B140 #4055C6

analogous

#C66E40 #C6B140 #98C640

triadic

#C6B140 #40C6B1 #B140C6

tetradic

#C6B140 #40C66E #4055C6 #C64098

square

#C6B140 #40C66E #4055C6 #C64098

split-complementary

#C6B140 #4098C6 #6E40C6

monochromatic

#6C6020 #9B8A2E #C6B140 #D4C46F #E2D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C6B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#C6B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B140

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B140	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)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87b',
    500: '#c6b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b140;
$custom-light: #dbc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B140

secondary

#939DCE

accent

#61DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B140

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

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