#C6B141#C6B141

#C6B141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B141
RGB	rgb(198, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -5.22, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 58.02, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0195 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9668, 43.8336, 11.3555)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B141 #4156C6

analogous

#C66F41 #C6B141 #99C641

triadic

#C6B141 #41C6B1 #B141C6

tetradic

#C6B141 #41C66F #4156C6 #C64199

square

#C6B141 #41C66F #4156C6 #C64199

split-complementary

#C6B141 #4199C6 #6F41C6

monochromatic

#6C6020 #9B8A2F #C6B141 #D4C470 #E2D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C6B141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C6B141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B141

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B141	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87b',
    500: '#c6b141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b141;
$custom-light: #dbc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75787,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B141

secondary

#949DCF

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B141

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

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