#C6B437#C6B437

#C6B437 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	#C6B437
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -7.31, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 62.88, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0265 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3014, 44.9260, 10.1624)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B437 #3749C6

analogous

#C66D37 #C6B437 #90C637

triadic

#C6B437 #37C6B4 #B437C6

tetradic

#C6B437 #37C66D #3749C6 #C63790

square

#C6B437 #37C66D #3749C6 #C63790

split-complementary

#C6B437 #3790C6 #6D37C6

monochromatic

#665D1C #96882A #C6B437 #D4C766 #E2D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C6B437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#C6B437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B437

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B437	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)

#C5AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca76',
    500: '#c6b437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b437;
$custom-light: #dbca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7634,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B437

secondary

#8C94CD

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B437

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

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