#C6BA42#C6BA42

#C6BA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BA42
RGB	rgb(198, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -9.84, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 60.66, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0325 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8326, 47.5186, 12.1217)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BA42 #424EC6

analogous

#C67842 #C6BA42 #90C642

triadic

#C6BA42 #42C6BA #BA42C6

tetradic

#C6BA42 #42C678 #424EC6 #C64290

square

#C6BA42 #42C678 #424EC6 #C64290

split-complementary

#C6BA42 #4290C6 #7842C6

monochromatic

#6D6621 #9C922F #C6BA42 #D4CB71 #E2DCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C6BA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#C6BA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BA42

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BA42	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbce7d',
    500: '#c6ba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ba42;
$custom-light: #dbce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77697,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BA42

secondary

#959ACF

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BA42

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

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