#C6B142#C6B142

#C6B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B142
RGB	rgb(198, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -5.17, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 57.61, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0192 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9960, 43.8453, 11.5095)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B142 #4257C6

analogous

#C66F42 #C6B142 #99C642

triadic

#C6B142 #42C6B1 #B142C6

tetradic

#C6B142 #42C66F #4257C6 #C64299

square

#C6B142 #42C66F #4257C6 #C64299

split-complementary

#C6B142 #4299C6 #6F42C6

monochromatic

#6D6121 #9C8A2F #C6B142 #D4C471 #E2D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C6B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#C6B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B142

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B142	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87c',
    500: '#c6b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b142;
$custom-light: #dbc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75796,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B142

secondary

#959ECF

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B142

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

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