#C6B349#C6B349

#C6B349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B349
RGB	rgb(198, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -5.78, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 55.29, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0202 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6131, 44.7288, 12.7963)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B349 #495CC6

analogous

#C67449 #C6B349 #9AC649

triadic

#C6B349 #49C6B3 #B349C6

tetradic

#C6B349 #49C674 #495CC6 #C6499A

square

#C6B349 #49C674 #495CC6 #C6499A

split-complementary

#C6B349 #499AC6 #7449C6

monochromatic

#716523 #A08F32 #C6B349 #D5C678 #E3DAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C6B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#C6B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B349

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B349	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac980',
    500: '#c6b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b349;
$custom-light: #dac980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7628,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B349

secondary

#9AA3D0

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B349

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

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