#C6BC48#C6BC48

#C6BC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.136 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BC48
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 63.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -10.51, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 58.92, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0338 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.136 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4432, 48.4416, 13.2441)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BC48 #4852C6

analogous

#C67D48 #C6BC48 #91C648

triadic

#C6BC48 #48C6BC #BC48C6

tetradic

#C6BC48 #48C67D #4852C6 #C64891

square

#C6BC48 #48C67D #4852C6 #C64891

split-complementary

#C6BC48 #4891C6 #7D48C6

monochromatic

#716A23 #9F9732 #C6BC48 #D5CD77 #E3DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C6BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C6BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BC48

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BC48	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.136 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf80',
    500: '#c6bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bc48;
$custom-light: #dacf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78175,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BC48

secondary

#9A9ED0

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BC48

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

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