#C6B43F#C6B43F

#C6B43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B43F
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 68.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -6.90, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 59.81, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0245 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5089, 45.0090, 11.2555)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B43F #3F51C6

analogous

#C6703F #C6B43F #94C63F

triadic

#C6B43F #3FC6B4 #B43FC6

tetradic

#C6B43F #3FC670 #3F51C6 #C63F94

square

#C6B43F #3FC670 #3F51C6 #C63F94

split-complementary

#C6B43F #3F94C6 #703FC6

monochromatic

#6B6120 #9A8C2E #C6B43F #D4C66E #E2D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C6B43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#C6B43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B43F

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B43F	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)

#C5AF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca7a',
    500: '#c6b43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b43f;
$custom-light: #dbca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76401,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B43F

secondary

#939BCE

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B43F

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

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