#C6B43D#C6B43D

#C6B43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B43D
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -7.01, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 60.60, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.025 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4541, 44.9870, 10.9665)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B43D #3D4FC6

analogous

#C66F3D #C6B43D #93C63D

triadic

#C6B43D #3DC6B4 #B43DC6

tetradic

#C6B43D #3DC66F #3D4FC6 #C63D93

square

#C6B43D #3DC66F #3D4FC6 #C63D93

split-complementary

#C6B43D #3D93C6 #6F3DC6

monochromatic

#6A601F #998B2D #C6B43D #D4C66C #E2D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C6B43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C6B43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B43D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B43D	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca79',
    500: '#c6b43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b43d;
$custom-light: #dbca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76385,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B43D

secondary

#9199CE

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B43D

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

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