#C6BB40#C6BB40

#C6BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BB40
RGB	rgb(198, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -10.47, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 61.81, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0345 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9861, 47.9182, 11.8870)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BB40 #404BC6

analogous

#C67840 #C6BB40 #8EC640

triadic

#C6BB40 #40C6BB #BB40C6

tetradic

#C6BB40 #40C678 #404BC6 #C6408E

square

#C6BB40 #40C678 #404BC6 #C6408E

split-complementary

#C6BB40 #408EC6 #7840C6

monochromatic

#6C6520 #9B922E #C6BB40 #D4CC6F #E2DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C6BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#C6BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BB40

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BB40	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7c',
    500: '#c6bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bb40;
$custom-light: #dbcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77894,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BB40

secondary

#9398CE

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BB40

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

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