#C6B642#C6B642

#C6B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B642
RGB	rgb(198, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -7.77, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 59.27, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0267 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0017, 45.8568, 11.8447)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B642 #4252C6

analogous

#C67442 #C6B642 #94C642

triadic

#C6B642 #42C6B6 #B642C6

tetradic

#C6B642 #42C674 #4252C6 #C64294

square

#C6B642 #42C674 #4252C6 #C64294

split-complementary

#C6B642 #4294C6 #7442C6

monochromatic

#6D6421 #9C8F2F #C6B642 #D4C871 #E2DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C6B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#C6B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B642

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B642	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb7c',
    500: '#c6b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b642;
$custom-light: #dbcb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76849,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B642

secondary

#959CCF

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B642

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

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