#C6BC4E#C6BC4E

#C6BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.131 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BC4E
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -10.12, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 56.36, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.032 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.131 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6486, 48.5238, 14.3257)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BC4E #4E58C6

analogous

#C6804E #C6BC4E #94C64E

triadic

#C6BC4E #4EC6BC #BC4EC6

tetradic

#C6BC4E #4EC680 #4E58C6 #C64E94

square

#C6BC4E #4EC680 #4E58C6 #C64E94

split-complementary

#C6BC4E #4E94C6 #804EC6

monochromatic

#746E25 #A29934 #C6BC4E #D5CE7C #E4DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C6BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#C6BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BC4E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BC4E	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.131 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf84',
    500: '#c6bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bc4e;
$custom-light: #dacf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78233,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BC4E

secondary

#9EA3D1

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BC4E

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

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