#C6B336#C6B336

#C6B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B336
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -6.84, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 62.93, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% -0.0253 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0765, 44.5142, 9.9704)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B336 #3649C6

analogous

#C66B36 #C6B336 #91C636

triadic

#C6B336 #36C6B3 #B336C6

tetradic

#C6B336 #36C66B #3649C6 #C63691

square

#C6B336 #36C66B #3649C6 #C63691

split-complementary

#C6B336 #3691C6 #6B36C6

monochromatic

#665C1C #968829 #C6B336 #D5C664 #E2D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C6B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C6B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B336

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B336	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc976',
    500: '#c6b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b336;
$custom-light: #dbc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76122,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B336

secondary

#8B93CD

accent

#5CE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B336

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

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