#C6B241#C6B241

#C6B241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B241
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 67.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -5.75, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 58.34, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.021 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1650, 44.2301, 11.4216)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B241 #4155C6

analogous

#C67041 #C6B241 #98C641

triadic

#C6B241 #41C6B2 #B241C6

tetradic

#C6B241 #41C670 #4155C6 #C64198

square

#C6B241 #41C670 #4155C6 #C64198

split-complementary

#C6B241 #4198C6 #7041C6

monochromatic

#6C6120 #9B8B2F #C6B241 #D4C570 #E2D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C6B241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B241

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B241	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87b',
    500: '#c6b241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b241;
$custom-light: #dbc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75997,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B241

secondary

#949DCF

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B241

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

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