#C6B238#C6B238

#C6B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B238
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -6.22, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 61.88, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0233 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9248, 44.1340, 10.1563)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B238 #384CC6

analogous

#C66B38 #C6B238 #93C638

triadic

#C6B238 #38C6B2 #B238C6

tetradic

#C6B238 #38C66B #384CC6 #C63893

square

#C6B238 #38C66B #384CC6 #C63893

split-complementary

#C6B238 #3893C6 #6B38C6

monochromatic

#675C1D #96872B #C6B238 #D4C567 #E2D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C6B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C6B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B238

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B238	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc876',
    500: '#c6b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b238;
$custom-light: #dbc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75926,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B238

secondary

#8D96CD

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B238

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

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