#C6B325#C6B325

#C6B325 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.149 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B325
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -7.50, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 68.43, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0287 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.149 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7447, 44.3815, 8.2229)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B325 #2538C6

analogous

#C66225 #C6B325 #88C625

triadic

#C6B325 #25C6B3 #B325C6

tetradic

#C6B325 #25C662 #2538C6 #C62588

square

#C6B325 #25C662 #2538C6 #C62588

split-complementary

#C6B325 #2588C6 #6225C6

monochromatic

#5F5612 #92841B #C6B325 #DDCC4B #E7DB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#C6B325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#C6B325 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B325

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B325	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.149 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc96e',
    500: '#c6b325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b325;
$custom-light: #dcc96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.919,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76024,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B325

secondary

#7782CF

accent

#51EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B325

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

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