#C6B52B#C6B52B

#C6B52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.148 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B52B
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 78.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -8.33, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 67.26, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0305 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.148 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2506, 45.2298, 8.8951)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B52B #2B3CC6

analogous

#C6672B #C6B52B #8AC62B

triadic

#C6B52B #2BC6B5 #B52BC6

tetradic

#C6B52B #2BC667 #2B3CC6 #C62B8A

square

#C6B52B #2BC667 #2B3CC6 #C62B8A

split-complementary

#C6B52B #2B8AC6 #672BC6

monochromatic

#615915 #948720 #C6B52B #DACB54 #E5DB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C6B52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#C6B52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B52B

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B52B	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.148 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca70',
    500: '#c6b52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b52b;
$custom-light: #dbca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.419,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76478,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B52B

secondary

#7F87CE

accent

#53E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B52B

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

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