#C6BA55#C6BA55

#C6BA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BA55
RGB	rgb(198, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 57.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -8.58, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 52.46, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0268 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4887, 47.7810, 15.5771)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BA55 #5561C6

analogous

#C68155 #C6BA55 #9AC655

triadic

#C6BA55 #55C6BA #BA55C6

tetradic

#C6BA55 #55C681 #5561C6 #C6559A

square

#C6BA55 #55C681 #5561C6 #C6559A

split-complementary

#C6BA55 #559AC6 #8155C6

monochromatic

#787028 #A69A38 #C6BA55 #D5CD83 #E5DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#C6BA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#C6BA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BA55

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BA55	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dace88',
    500: '#c6ba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ba55;
$custom-light: #dace88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77883,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BA55

secondary

#A4A9D3

accent

#5DD94E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BA55

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

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