#C6BD45#C6BD45

#C6BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BD45
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -11.21, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 60.53, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0361 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(42.5621, 48.8322, 12.8126)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BD45 #454EC6

analogous

#C67D45 #C6BD45 #8EC645

triadic

#C6BD45 #45C6BD #BD45C6

tetradic

#C6BD45 #45C67D #454EC6 #C6458E

square

#C6BD45 #45C67D #454EC6 #C6458E

split-complementary

#C6BD45 #458EC6 #7D45C6

monochromatic

#6F6922 #9E9630 #C6BD45 #D4CE74 #E3DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C6BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C6BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD45

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BD45	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad07f',
    500: '#c6bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bd45;
$custom-light: #dad07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78362,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.48831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BD45

secondary

#979BCF

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BD45

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

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