#C6B550#C6B550

#C6B550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B550
RGB	rgb(198, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 59.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -6.35, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 52.88, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.021 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2621, 45.6344, 14.2227)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B550 #5061C6

analogous

#C67A50 #C6B550 #9CC650

triadic

#C6B550 #50C6B5 #B550C6

tetradic

#C6B550 #50C67A #5061C6 #C6509C

square

#C6B550 #50C67A #5061C6 #C6509C

split-complementary

#C6B550 #509CC6 #7A50C6

monochromatic

#756A26 #A49435 #C6B550 #D5C97E #E4DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C6B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#C6B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B550

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B550	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daca85',
    500: '#c6b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b550;
$custom-light: #daca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76773,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B550

secondary

#A0A7D2

accent

#62DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B550

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

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