#C6B337#C6B337

#C6B337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B337
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -6.79, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 62.57, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.025 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1003, 44.5237, 10.0954)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B337 #374AC6

analogous

#C66C37 #C6B337 #92C637

triadic

#C6B337 #37C6B3 #B337C6

tetradic

#C6B337 #37C66C #374AC6 #C63792

square

#C6B337 #37C66C #374AC6 #C63792

split-complementary

#C6B337 #3792C6 #6C37C6

monochromatic

#665C1C #96882A #C6B337 #D4C666 #E2D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C6B337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#C6B337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B337

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B337	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)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc976',
    500: '#c6b337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b337;
$custom-light: #dbc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76129,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B337

secondary

#8C94CD

accent

#5CE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B337

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

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