#C6B23A#C6B23A

#C6B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B23A
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -6.12, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 61.12, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0228 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9747, 44.1539, 10.4191)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B23A #3A4EC6

analogous

#C66C3A #C6B23A #94C63A

triadic

#C6B23A #3AC6B2 #B23AC6

tetradic

#C6B23A #3AC66C #3A4EC6 #C63A94

square

#C6B23A #3AC66C #3A4EC6 #C63A94

split-complementary

#C6B23A #3A94C6 #6C3AC6

monochromatic

#685D1E #97882C #C6B23A #D4C569 #E1D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#C6B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#C6B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B23A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B23A	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)

#C3AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc878',
    500: '#c6b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b23a;
$custom-light: #dbc878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75941,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B23A

secondary

#8F98CD

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B23A

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

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