#C6B540#C6B540

#C6B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B540
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -7.37, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 59.74, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0257 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7397, 45.4255, 11.4716)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B540 #4051C6

analogous

#C67240 #C6B540 #94C640

triadic

#C6B540 #40C6B5 #B540C6

tetradic

#C6B540 #40C672 #4051C6 #C64094

square

#C6B540 #40C672 #4051C6 #C64094

split-complementary

#C6B540 #4094C6 #7240C6

monochromatic

#6C6220 #9B8D2E #C6B540 #D4C76F #E2DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C6B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#C6B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B540

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B540	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)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbca7b',
    500: '#c6b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b540;
$custom-light: #dbca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76621,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B540

secondary

#939BCE

accent

#5DDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B540

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

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