#C6B43A#C6B43A

#C6B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B43A
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -7.17, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 61.76, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.0258 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3755, 44.9556, 10.5527)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B43A #3A4CC6

analogous

#C66E3A #C6B43A #92C63A

triadic

#C6B43A #3AC6B4 #B43AC6

tetradic

#C6B43A #3AC66E #3A4CC6 #C63A92

square

#C6B43A #3AC66E #3A4CC6 #C63A92

split-complementary

#C6B43A #3A92C6 #6E3AC6

monochromatic

#685E1E #97892C #C6B43A #D4C669 #E1D899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C6B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#C6B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B43A

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B43A	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca78',
    500: '#c6b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b43a;
$custom-light: #dbca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76362,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B43A

secondary

#8F97CD

accent

#5DDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B43A

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

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