#C6BD37#C6BD37

#C6BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.149 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C6BD37
RGBrgb(198, 189, 55)
HSLhsl(56, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(56, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.25, -11.95, 64.78)
CIE-LCHlch(75.25, 65.88, 100.45°)
OKLaboklab(78.26% -0.0396 0.1432)
OKLCHoklch(78.26% 0.149 105.5)
XYZxyz(42.1776, 48.6784, 10.7878)
Luminance0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C6BD37 #3740C6
analogous
#C67637 #C6BD37 #87C637
triadic
#C6BD37 #37C6BD #BD37C6
tetradic
#C6BD37 #37C676 #3740C6 #C63787
square
#C6BD37 #37C676 #3740C6 #C63787
split-complementary
#C6BD37 #3787C6 #7637C6
monochromatic
#66621C #968F2A #C6BD37 #D4CD66 #E2DD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#C6BD37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74
#C6BD37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD37
10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C6BD37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C6BD371.001.9610.7410.74
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7421.001.001.00
##00000010.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB61F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5B0A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c6bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.149 105.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd077',
    500: '#c6bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c6bd37;
$custom-light: #dbd077;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c6bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78255,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C6BD37
secondary
#8C90CD
accent
#52E048
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FBF9EE
border
#D4D2C9
text
#151309
muted
#83827B

Preview Lab

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#C6BD37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva