#C6B236#C6B236

#C6B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B236
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -6.32, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 62.62, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0238 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8768, 44.1148, 9.9039)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B236 #364AC6

analogous

#C66A36 #C6B236 #92C636

triadic

#C6B236 #36C6B2 #B236C6

tetradic

#C6B236 #36C66A #364AC6 #C63692

square

#C6B236 #36C66A #364AC6 #C63692

split-complementary

#C6B236 #3692C6 #6A36C6

monochromatic

#665C1C #968729 #C6B236 #D5C564 #E2D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C6B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C6B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B236

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B236	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc875',
    500: '#c6b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b236;
$custom-light: #dbc875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75911,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B236

secondary

#8B94CD

accent

#5DE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B236

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

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