#C6B23F#C6B23F

#C6B23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B23F
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -5.86, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 59.16, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0215 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1081, 44.2073, 11.1219)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B23F #3F53C6

analogous

#C66E3F #C6B23F #96C63F

triadic

#C6B23F #3FC6B2 #B23FC6

tetradic

#C6B23F #3FC66E #3F53C6 #C63F96

square

#C6B23F #3FC66E #3F53C6 #C63F96

split-complementary

#C6B23F #3F96C6 #6E3FC6

monochromatic

#6B6020 #9A8A2E #C6B23F #D4C56E #E2D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C6B23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B23F

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B23F	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87a',
    500: '#c6b23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b23f;
$custom-light: #dbc87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7598,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B23F

secondary

#939BCE

accent

#60DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B23F

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

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