#C6B240#C6B240

#C6B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B240
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -5.80, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 58.75, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0213 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1363, 44.2186, 11.2704)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B240 #4054C6

analogous

#C66F40 #C6B240 #97C640

triadic

#C6B240 #40C6B2 #B240C6

tetradic

#C6B240 #40C66F #4054C6 #C64097

square

#C6B240 #40C66F #4054C6 #C64097

split-complementary

#C6B240 #4097C6 #6F40C6

monochromatic

#6C6020 #9B8A2E #C6B240 #D4C56F #E2D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#C6B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B240

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B240	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)

#C3AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87b',
    500: '#c6b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b240;
$custom-light: #dbc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75988,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B240

secondary

#939CCE

accent

#60DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B240

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

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