#C6B237#C6B237

#C6B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B237
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -6.27, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 62.26, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0236 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9006, 44.1243, 10.0288)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B237 #374BC6

analogous

#C66A37 #C6B237 #93C637

triadic

#C6B237 #37C6B2 #B237C6

tetradic

#C6B237 #37C66A #374BC6 #C63793

square

#C6B237 #37C66A #374BC6 #C63793

split-complementary

#C6B237 #3793C6 #6A37C6

monochromatic

#665C1C #96872A #C6B237 #D4C566 #E2D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C6B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#C6B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B237

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B237	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)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc876',
    500: '#c6b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b237;
$custom-light: #dbc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B237

secondary

#8C95CD

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B237

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

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