#C6B829#C6B829

#C6B829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.152 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6B829
RGB	rgb(198, 184, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 79.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -9.95, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 68.78, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0353 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.152 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.8313, 46.4486, 8.9121)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6B829 #2937C6

analogous

#C66A29 #C6B829 #85C629

triadic

#C6B829 #29C6B8 #B829C6

tetradic

#C6B829 #29C66A #2937C6 #C62985

square

#C6B829 #29C66A #2937C6 #C62985

split-complementary

#C6B829 #2985C6 #6A29C6

monochromatic

#615A14 #93891F #C6B829 #DBCF51 #E6DD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C6B829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#C6B829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6B829

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6B829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6B829	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6b829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 184, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.152 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcc70',
    500: '#c6b829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6b829;
$custom-light: #dbcc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6b829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.65,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77105,
    "c": 0.15167,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6B829

secondary

#7C84CF

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6B829

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

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