#C6B249#C6B249

#C6B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B249
RGB	rgb(198, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -5.26, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 54.95, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0187 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4134, 44.3294, 12.7297)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B249 #495DC6

analogous

#C67349 #C6B249 #9BC649

triadic

#C6B249 #49C6B2 #B249C6

tetradic

#C6B249 #49C673 #495DC6 #C6499B

square

#C6B249 #49C673 #495DC6 #C6499B

split-complementary

#C6B249 #499BC6 #7349C6

monochromatic

#716523 #A08E32 #C6B249 #D5C678 #E3D9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#C6B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B249

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B249	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac880',
    500: '#c6b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b249;
$custom-light: #dac880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76071,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B249

secondary

#9AA3D0

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B249

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

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