#C6BD48#C6BD48

#C6BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.137 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BD48
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -11.02, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 59.30, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0352 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.137 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6576, 48.8704, 13.3155)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BD48 #4851C6

analogous

#C67E48 #C6BD48 #90C648

triadic

#C6BD48 #48C6BD #BD48C6

tetradic

#C6BD48 #48C67E #4851C6 #C64890

square

#C6BD48 #48C67E #4851C6 #C64890

split-complementary

#C6BD48 #4890C6 #7E48C6

monochromatic

#716B23 #9F9732 #C6BD48 #D5CE77 #E3DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C6BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#C6BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD48

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BD48	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)

#CDB739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.137 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad080',
    500: '#c6bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bd48;
$custom-light: #dad080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78388,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BD48

secondary

#9A9ED0

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BD48

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

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