#C6B339#C6B339

#C6B339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B339
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -6.69, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 61.82, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0246 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1492, 44.5432, 10.3530)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B339 #394CC6

analogous

#C66D39 #C6B339 #92C639

triadic

#C6B339 #39C6B3 #B339C6

tetradic

#C6B339 #39C66D #394CC6 #C63992

square

#C6B339 #39C66D #394CC6 #C63992

split-complementary

#C6B339 #3992C6 #6D39C6

monochromatic

#675D1E #96882B #C6B339 #D4C569 #E1D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C6B339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C6B339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B339

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B339	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)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc977',
    500: '#c6b339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b339;
$custom-light: #dbc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76144,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B339

secondary

#8E96CD

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B339

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

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