#C6B33A#C6B33A

#C6B33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B33A
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -6.64, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 61.44, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.0243 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1744, 44.5533, 10.4857)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B33A #3A4DC6

analogous

#C66D3A #C6B33A #93C63A

triadic

#C6B33A #3AC6B3 #B33AC6

tetradic

#C6B33A #3AC66D #3A4DC6 #C63A93

square

#C6B33A #3AC66D #3A4DC6 #C63A93

split-complementary

#C6B33A #3A93C6 #6D3AC6

monochromatic

#685E1E #97892C #C6B33A #D4C569 #E1D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C6B33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#C6B33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B33A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B33A	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)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc978',
    500: '#c6b33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b33a;
$custom-light: #dbc978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76151,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B33A

secondary

#8F97CD

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B33A

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

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