#C6BB51#C6BB51

#C6BB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BB51
RGB	rgb(198, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 59.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -9.39, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 54.65, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0296 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5457, 48.1420, 14.8342)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BB51 #515CC6

analogous

#C68151 #C6BB51 #97C651

triadic

#C6BB51 #51C6BB #BB51C6

tetradic

#C6BB51 #51C681 #515CC6 #C65197

square

#C6BB51 #51C681 #515CC6 #C65197

split-complementary

#C6BB51 #5197C6 #8151C6

monochromatic

#766F27 #A49A36 #C6BB51 #D5CD7F #E4DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#C6BB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#C6BB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BB51

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BB51	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf86',
    500: '#c6bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bb51;
$custom-light: #dacf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78051,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BB51

secondary

#A1A5D2

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BB51

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

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