#C6B436#C6B436

#C6B436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B436
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -7.36, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 63.25, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0268 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2777, 44.9165, 10.0375)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B436 #3648C6

analogous

#C66C36 #C6B436 #90C636

triadic

#C6B436 #36C6B4 #B436C6

tetradic

#C6B436 #36C66C #3648C6 #C63690

square

#C6B436 #36C66C #3648C6 #C63690

split-complementary

#C6B436 #3690C6 #6C36C6

monochromatic

#665D1C #968829 #C6B436 #D5C764 #E2D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C6B436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C6B436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B436

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B436	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca76',
    500: '#c6b436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b436;
$custom-light: #dbca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76333,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B436

secondary

#8B93CD

accent

#5BE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B436

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

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