#C6BD40#C6BD40

#C6BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BD40
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -11.49, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 62.53, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0374 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4134, 48.7727, 12.0294)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BD40 #4049C6

analogous

#C67A40 #C6BD40 #8CC640

triadic

#C6BD40 #40C6BD #BD40C6

tetradic

#C6BD40 #40C67A #4049C6 #C6408C

square

#C6BD40 #40C67A #4049C6 #C6408C

split-complementary

#C6BD40 #408CC6 #7A40C6

monochromatic

#6C6620 #9B932E #C6BD40 #D4CD6F #E2DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C6BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#C6BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD40

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BD40	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd07c',
    500: '#c6bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bd40;
$custom-light: #dbd07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7832,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BD40

secondary

#9397CE

accent

#54DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BD40

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

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