#C6BC56#C6BC56

#C6BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BC56
RGB	rgb(198, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -9.54, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 52.78, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0294 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9530, 48.6456, 15.9292)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BC56 #5660C6

analogous

#C68456 #C6BC56 #98C656

triadic

#C6BC56 #56C6BC #BC56C6

tetradic

#C6BC56 #56C684 #5660C6 #C65698

square

#C6BC56 #56C684 #5660C6 #C65698

split-complementary

#C6BC56 #5698C6 #8456C6

monochromatic

#797229 #A79D38 #C6BC56 #D5CE84 #E5E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C6BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C6BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BC56

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BC56	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dacf89',
    500: '#c6bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bc56;
$custom-light: #dacf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78318,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BC56

secondary

#A5A9D3

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BC56

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

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