#C6B246#C6B246

#C6B246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B246
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -5.45, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 56.25, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0196 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3163, 44.2906, 12.2185)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B246 #465AC6

analogous

#C67246 #C6B246 #9AC646

triadic

#C6B246 #46C6B2 #B246C6

tetradic

#C6B246 #46C672 #465AC6 #C6469A

square

#C6B246 #46C672 #465AC6 #C6469A

split-complementary

#C6B246 #469AC6 #7246C6

monochromatic

#6F6322 #9E8D31 #C6B246 #D4C575 #E3D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#C6B246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B246

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B246	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac87e',
    500: '#c6b246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b246;
$custom-light: #dac87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76042,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B246

secondary

#98A1D0

accent

#62DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B246

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

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