#C6BC42#C6BC42

#C6BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.140 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BC42
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -10.87, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 61.38, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0354 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.14 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2569, 48.3671, 12.2631)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BC42 #424CC6

analogous

#C67A42 #C6BC42 #8EC642

triadic

#C6BC42 #42C6BC #BC42C6

tetradic

#C6BC42 #42C67A #424CC6 #C6428E

square

#C6BC42 #42C67A #424CC6 #C6428E

split-complementary

#C6BC42 #428EC6 #7A42C6

monochromatic

#6D6721 #9C942F #C6BC42 #D4CD71 #E2DDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#C6BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#C6BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BC42

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BC42	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.140 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcf7d',
    500: '#c6bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bc42;
$custom-light: #dbcf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78123,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BC42

secondary

#9599CF

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BC42

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

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