#C6BA3E#C6BA3E
#C6BA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C6BA3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(198, 186, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 54%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 69%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 68.7%, 22.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.49, -10.06, 61.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.49, 62.24, 99.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.66% -0.0336 0.1373) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.66% 0.141 103.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.7188, 47.4730, 11.5222) |
| Luminance | 0.4747 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.22
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 3.77
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.05
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.44
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.46
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C6BA3E #3E4AC6
analogous
#C6763E #C6BA3E #8EC63E
triadic
#C6BA3E #3EC6BA #BA3EC6
tetradic
#C6BA3E #3EC676 #3E4AC6 #C63E8E
square
#C6BA3E #3EC676 #3E4AC6 #C63E8E
split-complementary
#C6BA3E #3E8EC6 #763EC6
monochromatic
#6A641F #99902D #C6BA3E #D4CB6D #E2DC9C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.00
#C6BA3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.49
#C6BA3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C6BA3E
10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C6BA3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C6BA3E | 1.00 | 2.00 | 10.49 | 10.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB42C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBA46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5ADA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c6ba3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 186, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.141 103.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dbce7a',
500: '#c6ba3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c6ba3e; $custom-light: #dbce7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c6ba3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 198,
"g": 186,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.706,
"s": 54.4,
"l": 50.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77665,
"c": 0.14134,
"h": 103.7
},
"luminance": 0.47471
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C6BA3E
secondary
#9297CE
accent
#57DE4A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#15130A
muted
#83827C