#C6BC40#C6BC40

#C6BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BC40
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -10.98, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 62.17, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.036 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1990, 48.3440, 11.9580)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BC40 #404AC6

analogous

#C67940 #C6BC40 #8DC640

triadic

#C6BC40 #40C6BC #BC40C6

tetradic

#C6BC40 #40C679 #404AC6 #C6408D

square

#C6BC40 #40C679 #404AC6 #C6408D

split-complementary

#C6BC40 #408DC6 #7940C6

monochromatic

#6C6620 #9B932E #C6BC40 #D4CD6F #E2DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C6BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C6BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BC40

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BC40	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7c',
    500: '#c6bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bc40;
$custom-light: #dbcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78107,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BC40

secondary

#9398CE

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BC40

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

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