#C6BC49#C6BC49

#C6BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.135 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BC49
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -10.45, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 58.50, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0335 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.135 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4761, 48.4548, 13.4173)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BC49 #4953C6

analogous

#C67D49 #C6BC49 #91C649

triadic

#C6BC49 #49C6BC #BC49C6

tetradic

#C6BC49 #49C67D #4953C6 #C64991

square

#C6BC49 #49C67D #4953C6 #C64991

split-complementary

#C6BC49 #4991C6 #7D49C6

monochromatic

#716B23 #A09732 #C6BC49 #D5CD78 #E3DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C6BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#C6BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BC49

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BC49	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)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.135 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf81',
    500: '#c6bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bc49;
$custom-light: #dacf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78184,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BC49

secondary

#9A9FD0

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BC49

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

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