#C6B537#C6B537

#C6B537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B537
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -7.83, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 63.20, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.028 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5040, 45.3312, 10.2300)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B537 #3748C6

analogous

#C66D37 #C6B537 #90C637

triadic

#C6B537 #37C6B5 #B537C6

tetradic

#C6B537 #37C66D #3748C6 #C63790

square

#C6B537 #37C66D #3748C6 #C63790

split-complementary

#C6B537 #3790C6 #6D37C6

monochromatic

#665D1C #96892A #C6B537 #D4C766 #E2D996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C6B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C6B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B537

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B537	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca76',
    500: '#c6b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b537;
$custom-light: #dbca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B537

secondary

#8C93CD

accent

#5AE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B537

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

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