#C6B525#C6B525

#C6B525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.151 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B525
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -8.53, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 69.01, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0316 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.151 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1485, 45.1889, 8.3575)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B525 #2536C6

analogous

#C66525 #C6B525 #86C625

triadic

#C6B525 #25C6B5 #B525C6

tetradic

#C6B525 #25C665 #2536C6 #C62586

square

#C6B525 #25C665 #2536C6 #C62586

split-complementary

#C6B525 #2586C6 #6525C6

monochromatic

#5F5712 #92861B #C6B525 #DDCE4B #E7DC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C6B525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#C6B525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B525

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B525	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.151 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcca6e',
    500: '#c6b525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b525;
$custom-light: #dcca6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.665,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76448,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B525

secondary

#7781CF

accent

#4FEB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B525

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

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