#C6B442#C6B442

#C6B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B442
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -6.73, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 58.59, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0237 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.5951, 45.0434, 11.7091)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B442 #4254C6

analogous

#C67242 #C6B442 #96C642

triadic

#C6B442 #42C6B4 #B442C6

tetradic

#C6B442 #42C672 #4254C6 #C64296

square

#C6B442 #42C672 #4254C6 #C64296

split-complementary

#C6B442 #4296C6 #7242C6

monochromatic

#6D6221 #9C8D2F #C6B442 #D4C771 #E2D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C6B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#C6B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B442

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B442	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca7c',
    500: '#c6b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b442;
$custom-light: #dbca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76427,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B442

secondary

#959DCF

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B442

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

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