#C6BB49#C6BB49

#C6BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BB49
RGB	rgb(198, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -9.93, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 58.13, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.032 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.134 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2632, 48.0290, 13.3463)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BB49 #4954C6

analogous

#C67C49 #C6BB49 #92C649

triadic

#C6BB49 #49C6BB #BB49C6

tetradic

#C6BB49 #49C67C #4954C6 #C64992

square

#C6BB49 #49C67C #4954C6 #C64992

split-complementary

#C6BB49 #4992C6 #7C49C6

monochromatic

#716A23 #A09632 #C6BB49 #D5CC78 #E3DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C6BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#C6BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BB49

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BB49	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf81',
    500: '#c6bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bb49;
$custom-light: #dacf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77972,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BB49

secondary

#9A9FD0

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BB49

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

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