#C6B242#C6B242

#C6B242 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	#C6B242
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -5.69, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 57.93, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0207 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1942, 44.2418, 11.5755)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B242 #4256C6

analogous

#C67042 #C6B242 #98C642

triadic

#C6B242 #42C6B2 #B242C6

tetradic

#C6B242 #42C670 #4256C6 #C64298

square

#C6B242 #42C670 #4256C6 #C64298

split-complementary

#C6B242 #4298C6 #7042C6

monochromatic

#6D6121 #9C8B2F #C6B242 #D4C571 #E2D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C6B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B242

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B242	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)

#C3AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87c',
    500: '#c6b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b242;
$custom-light: #dbc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B242

secondary

#959ECF

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B242

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

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