#C6BC37#C6BC37

#C6BC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.148 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BC37
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -11.44, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 65.53, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0382 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.148 105)
XYZ	xyz(41.9633, 48.2497, 10.7164)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BC37 #3741C6

analogous

#C67437 #C6BC37 #89C637

triadic

#C6BC37 #37C6BC #BC37C6

tetradic

#C6BC37 #37C674 #3741C6 #C63789

square

#C6BC37 #37C674 #3741C6 #C63789

split-complementary

#C6BC37 #3789C6 #7437C6

monochromatic

#66611C #968F2A #C6BC37 #D4CD66 #E2DC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C6BC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#C6BC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BC37

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BC37	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.148 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf77',
    500: '#c6bc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bc37;
$custom-light: #dbcf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78041,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.48248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BC37

secondary

#8C90CD

accent

#53E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BC37

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

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