#C6B53E#C6B53E

#C6B53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B53E
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -7.48, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 60.54, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0262 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(40.6839, 45.4031, 11.1772)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B53E #3E4FC6

analogous

#C6713E #C6B53E #93C63E

triadic

#C6B53E #3EC6B5 #B53EC6

tetradic

#C6B53E #3EC671 #3E4FC6 #C63E93

square

#C6B53E #3EC671 #3E4FC6 #C63E93

split-complementary

#C6B53E #3E93C6 #713EC6

monochromatic

#6A611F #998C2D #C6B53E #D4C76D #E2D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C6B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C6B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B53E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B53E	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca7a',
    500: '#c6b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b53e;
$custom-light: #dbca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76604,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.45401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B53E

secondary

#9299CE

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B53E

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

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