#C6BD49#C6BD49

#C6BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BD49
RGB	rgb(198, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -10.96, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 58.88, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0349 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6904, 48.8835, 13.4888)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BD49 #4952C6

analogous

#C67E49 #C6BD49 #90C649

triadic

#C6BD49 #49C6BD #BD49C6

tetradic

#C6BD49 #49C67E #4952C6 #C64990

square

#C6BD49 #49C67E #4952C6 #C64990

split-complementary

#C6BD49 #4990C6 #7E49C6

monochromatic

#716C23 #A09832 #C6BD49 #D5CE78 #E3DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C6BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C6BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BD49

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BD49	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad081',
    500: '#c6bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bd49;
$custom-light: #dad081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78398,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BD49

secondary

#9A9ED0

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BD49

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

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