#C6B425#C6B425

#C6B425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.150 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B425
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -8.01, 68.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 68.72, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0301 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.15 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9459, 44.7837, 8.2899)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B425 #2537C6

analogous

#C66325 #C6B425 #87C625

triadic

#C6B425 #25C6B4 #B425C6

tetradic

#C6B425 #25C663 #2537C6 #C62587

square

#C6B425 #25C663 #2537C6 #C62587

split-complementary

#C6B425 #2587C6 #6325C6

monochromatic

#5F5612 #92851B #C6B425 #DDCD4B #E7DB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C6B425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C6B425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B425

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B425	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.150 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca6e',
    500: '#c6b425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b425;
$custom-light: #dcca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.292,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76236,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B425

secondary

#7781CF

accent

#50EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B425

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

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