#C6B448#C6B448

#C6B448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B448
RGB	rgb(198, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 63.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -6.37, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 56.07, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.022 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7813, 45.1179, 12.6901)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B448 #485AC6

analogous

#C67548 #C6B448 #99C648

triadic

#C6B448 #48C6B4 #B448C6

tetradic

#C6B448 #48C675 #485AC6 #C64899

square

#C6B448 #48C675 #485AC6 #C64899

split-complementary

#C6B448 #4899C6 #7548C6

monochromatic

#716523 #9F9032 #C6B448 #D5C777 #E3DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#C6B448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#C6B448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B448

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B448	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca80',
    500: '#c6b448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b448;
$custom-light: #daca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76481,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B448

secondary

#9AA1D0

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B448

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

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