#C6B239#C6B239

#C6B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B239
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -6.17, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 61.51, 95.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0231 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9495, 44.1439, 10.2864)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B239 #394DC6

analogous

#C66B39 #C6B239 #94C639

triadic

#C6B239 #39C6B2 #B239C6

tetradic

#C6B239 #39C66B #394DC6 #C63994

square

#C6B239 #39C66B #394DC6 #C63994

split-complementary

#C6B239 #3994C6 #6B39C6

monochromatic

#675D1E #96872B #C6B239 #D4C469 #E1D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C6B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C6B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B239

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B239	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)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc877',
    500: '#c6b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b239;
$custom-light: #dbc877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B239

secondary

#8E97CD

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B239

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

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