#C6B42B#C6B42B

#C6B42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.147 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B42B
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 78.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -7.81, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 66.96, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0291 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.147 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0479, 44.8246, 8.8276)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B42B #2B3DC6

analogous

#C6662B #C6B42B #8BC62B

triadic

#C6B42B #2BC6B4 #B42BC6

tetradic

#C6B42B #2BC666 #2B3DC6 #C62B8B

square

#C6B42B #2BC666 #2B3DC6 #C62B8B

split-complementary

#C6B42B #2B8BC6 #662BC6

monochromatic

#615915 #948620 #C6B42B #DACA54 #E5DA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#C6B42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#C6B42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B42B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B42B	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)

#C5AE04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.147 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca70',
    500: '#c6b42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b42b;
$custom-light: #dbca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76266,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B42B

secondary

#7F88CE

accent

#54E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B42B

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

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