#C6B53A#C6B53A

#C6B53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B53A
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -7.69, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 62.08, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0273 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5781, 45.3608, 10.6203)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B53A #3A4BC6

analogous

#C66F3A #C6B53A #91C63A

triadic

#C6B53A #3AC6B5 #B53AC6

tetradic

#C6B53A #3AC66F #3A4BC6 #C63A91

square

#C6B53A #3AC66F #3A4BC6 #C63A91

split-complementary

#C6B53A #3A91C6 #6F3AC6

monochromatic

#685F1E #978A2C #C6B53A #D4C769 #E1D999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#C6B53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#C6B53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B53A

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B53A	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)

#C6B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca78',
    500: '#c6b53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b53a;
$custom-light: #dbca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76573,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B53A

secondary

#8F96CD

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B53A

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

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