#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
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -11.95, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 65.88, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0396 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.149 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1776, 48.6784, 10.7878)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C6BD37	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C6BD37

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

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