#C6B225#C6B225

#C6B225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.149 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B225
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -6.98, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 68.15, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0272 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.149 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5450, 43.9821, 8.1563)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B225 #2539C6

analogous

#C66225 #C6B225 #89C625

triadic

#C6B225 #25C6B2 #B225C6

tetradic

#C6B225 #25C662 #2539C6 #C62589

square

#C6B225 #25C662 #2539C6 #C62589

split-complementary

#C6B225 #2589C6 #6225C6

monochromatic

#5F5512 #92841B #C6B225 #DDCB4B #E7DA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C6B225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#C6B225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B225

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B225	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.149 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc86d',
    500: '#c6b225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b225;
$custom-light: #dcc86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.547,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75813,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B225

secondary

#7782CF

accent

#52EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B225

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

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