#C6BD3A#C6BD3A

#C6BD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BD3A
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -11.80, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 64.80, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0389 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2517, 48.7080, 11.1781)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BD3A #3A43C6

analogous

#C6773A #C6BD3A #89C63A

triadic

#C6BD3A #3AC6BD #BD3AC6

tetradic

#C6BD3A #3AC677 #3A43C6 #C63A89

square

#C6BD3A #3AC677 #3A43C6 #C63A89

split-complementary

#C6BD3A #3A89C6 #773AC6

monochromatic

#68631E #97902C #C6BD3A #D4CD69 #E1DD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#C6BD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#C6BD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD3A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BD3A	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)

#CDB624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd079',
    500: '#c6bd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bd3a;
$custom-light: #dbd079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78275,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BD3A

secondary

#8F93CD

accent

#53DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BD3A

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

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