#C6BD35#C6BD35

#C6BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.150 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BD35
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -12.04, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 66.57, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0401 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.15 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1306, 48.6596, 10.5405)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BD35 #353EC6

analogous

#C67535 #C6BD35 #87C635

triadic

#C6BD35 #35C6BD #BD35C6

tetradic

#C6BD35 #35C675 #353EC6 #C63587

square

#C6BD35 #35C675 #353EC6 #C63587

split-complementary

#C6BD35 #3587C6 #7535C6

monochromatic

#65611B #968F28 #C6BD35 #D5CE63 #E2DD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C6BD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#C6BD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD35

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BD35	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)

#CEB61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.150 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd076',
    500: '#c6bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bd35;
$custom-light: #dbd076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78242,
    "c": 0.14973,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BD35

secondary

#8A8ECD

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BD35

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

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