#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
RGBrgb(198, 180, 37)
HSLhsl(53, 69%, 46%)
HSVhsv(53, 81%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.1%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.75, -8.01, 68.25)
CIE-LCHlch(72.75, 68.72, 96.70°)
OKLaboklab(76.24% -0.0301 0.1472)
OKLCHoklch(76.24% 0.15 101.6)
XYZxyz(39.9459, 44.7837, 8.2899)
Luminance0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C6B4251.002.119.969.96
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9621.001.001.00
##0000009.9621.001.001.00

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

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#C6B425 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva