#C6B145#C6B145

#C6B145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B145
RGB	rgb(198, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -4.99, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 56.35, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0184 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.129 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.0868, 43.8816, 11.9875)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B145 #455AC6

analogous

#C67145 #C6B145 #9AC645

triadic

#C6B145 #45C6B1 #B145C6

tetradic

#C6B145 #45C671 #455AC6 #C6459A

square

#C6B145 #45C671 #455AC6 #C6459A

split-complementary

#C6B145 #459AC6 #7145C6

monochromatic

#6F6222 #9E8C30 #C6B145 #D4C574 #E3D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C6B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#C6B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B145

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B145	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87e',
    500: '#c6b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b145;
$custom-light: #dbc87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75823,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B145

secondary

#97A0CF

accent

#63DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B145

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

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