#C6B149#C6B149

#C6B149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B149
RGB	rgb(198, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -4.74, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 54.62, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0172 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2152, 43.9329, 12.6637)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B149 #495EC6

analogous

#C67249 #C6B149 #9CC649

triadic

#C6B149 #49C6B1 #B149C6

tetradic

#C6B149 #49C672 #495EC6 #C6499C

square

#C6B149 #49C672 #495EC6 #C6499C

split-complementary

#C6B149 #499CC6 #7249C6

monochromatic

#716423 #A08D32 #C6B149 #D5C578 #E3D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#C6B149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#C6B149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B149

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B149	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac880',
    500: '#c6b149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b149;
$custom-light: #dac880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75861,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B149

secondary

#9AA4D0

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B149

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

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