#C6B342#C6B342

#C6B342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B342
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -6.21, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 58.26, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0222 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.132 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3939, 44.6411, 11.6421)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B342 #4255C6

analogous

#C67142 #C6B342 #97C642

triadic

#C6B342 #42C6B3 #B342C6

tetradic

#C6B342 #42C671 #4255C6 #C64297

square

#C6B342 #42C671 #4255C6 #C64297

split-complementary

#C6B342 #4297C6 #7142C6

monochromatic

#6D6221 #9C8C2F #C6B342 #D4C671 #E2D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#C6B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#C6B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B342

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B342	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc97c',
    500: '#c6b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b342;
$custom-light: #dbc97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76216,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B342

secondary

#959DCF

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B342

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

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