#C6B338#C6B338

#C6B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.139 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B338
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -6.74, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 62.20, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0248 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.139 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1245, 44.5334, 10.2229)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B338 #384BC6

analogous

#C66C38 #C6B338 #92C638

triadic

#C6B338 #38C6B3 #B338C6

tetradic

#C6B338 #38C66C #384BC6 #C63892

square

#C6B338 #38C66C #384BC6 #C63892

split-complementary

#C6B338 #3892C6 #6C38C6

monochromatic

#675D1D #96882B #C6B338 #D4C567 #E2D897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C6B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C6B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B338

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B338	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.139 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc977',
    500: '#c6b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b338;
$custom-light: #dbc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76136,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B338

secondary

#8D95CD

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B338

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

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