#C6B656#C6B656

#C6B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.118 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B656
RGB	rgb(198, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -6.43, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 50.50, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0205 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.118 100)
XYZ	xyz(41.6979, 46.1352, 15.5108)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B656 #5666C6

analogous

#C67E56 #C6B656 #9EC656

triadic

#C6B656 #56C6B6 #B656C6

tetradic

#C6B656 #56C67E #5666C6 #C6569E

square

#C6B656 #56C67E #5666C6 #C6569E

split-complementary

#C6B656 #569EC6 #7E56C6

monochromatic

#796D29 #A79738 #C6B656 #D5CA84 #E5DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C6B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#C6B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B656

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B656	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.118 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacb89',
    500: '#c6b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b656;
$custom-light: #dacb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7705,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.46134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B656

secondary

#A5ABD3

accent

#62D94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B656

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →