#C6B244#C6B244

#C6B244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B244
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 65.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -5.57, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 57.10, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0202 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2542, 44.2658, 11.8915)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B244 #4458C6

analogous

#C67144 #C6B244 #99C644

triadic

#C6B244 #44C6B2 #B244C6

tetradic

#C6B244 #44C671 #4458C6 #C64499

square

#C6B244 #44C671 #4458C6 #C64499

split-complementary

#C6B244 #4499C6 #7144C6

monochromatic

#6E6222 #9D8C30 #C6B244 #D4C573 #E3D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#C6B244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B244

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B244	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)

#C3AD36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc87d',
    500: '#c6b244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b244;
$custom-light: #dbc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76023,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B244

secondary

#979FCF

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B244

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

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