#C6B536#C6B536

#C6B536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.142 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B536
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -7.88, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 63.57, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0282 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.142 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4803, 45.3217, 10.1050)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B536 #3647C6

analogous

#C66D36 #C6B536 #8FC636

triadic

#C6B536 #36C6B5 #B536C6

tetradic

#C6B536 #36C66D #3647C6 #C6368F

square

#C6B536 #36C66D #3647C6 #C6368F

split-complementary

#C6B536 #368FC6 #6D36C6

monochromatic

#665D1C #968929 #C6B536 #D5C864 #E2D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C6B536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#C6B536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B536

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B536	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.142 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca76',
    500: '#c6b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b536;
$custom-light: #dbca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76545,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B536

secondary

#8B93CD

accent

#59E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B536

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

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