#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
RGBrgb(198, 180, 55)
HSLhsl(52, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(52, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.1%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.84, -7.31, 62.46)
CIE-LCHlch(72.84, 62.88, 96.68°)
OKLaboklab(76.34% -0.0265 0.1382)
OKLCHoklch(76.34% 0.141 100.9)
XYZxyz(40.3014, 44.9260, 10.1624)
Luminance0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##C6B4371.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

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

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#C6B437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva