#C6BE25#C6BE25

#C6BE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.159 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE25
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -13.15, 70.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 71.77, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0445 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.159 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0379, 48.9679, 8.9873)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE25 #252DC6

analogous

#C66D25 #C6BE25 #7DC625

triadic

#C6BE25 #25C6BE #BE25C6

tetradic

#C6BE25 #25C66D #252DC6 #C6257D

square

#C6BE25 #25C66D #252DC6 #C6257D

split-complementary

#C6BE25 #257DC6 #6D25C6

monochromatic

#5F5B12 #928D1B #C6BE25 #DDD64B #E7E27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C6BE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#C6BE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE25

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE25	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.159 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd16f',
    500: '#c6be25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be25;
$custom-light: #dcd16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.019,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE25

secondary

#777CCF

accent

#45EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161408

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE25

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

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