#C6BD42#C6BD42

#C6BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BD42
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -11.38, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 61.74, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0369 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4713, 48.7959, 12.3345)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BD42 #424BC6

analogous

#C67B42 #C6BD42 #8DC642

triadic

#C6BD42 #42C6BD #BD42C6

tetradic

#C6BD42 #42C67B #424BC6 #C6428D

square

#C6BD42 #42C67B #424BC6 #C6428D

split-complementary

#C6BD42 #428DC6 #7B42C6

monochromatic

#6D6821 #9C942F #C6BD42 #D4CD71 #E2DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C6BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#C6BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD42

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BD42	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd07d',
    500: '#c6bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bd42;
$custom-light: #dbd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.1413,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BD42

secondary

#9599CF

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BD42

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

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