#C6B545#C6B545

#C6B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B545
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -7.08, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 57.68, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0243 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8885, 45.4849, 12.2548)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B545 #4556C6

analogous

#C67545 #C6B545 #97C645

triadic

#C6B545 #45C6B5 #B545C6

tetradic

#C6B545 #45C675 #4556C6 #C64597

square

#C6B545 #45C675 #4556C6 #C64597

split-complementary

#C6B545 #4597C6 #7545C6

monochromatic

#6F6522 #9E8F30 #C6B545 #D4C874 #E3DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#C6B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#C6B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B545

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B545	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca7e',
    500: '#c6b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b545;
$custom-light: #daca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76664,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B545

secondary

#979FCF

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B545

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

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