#C6BE35#C6BE35

#C6BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.151 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE35
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -12.55, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 66.92, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0415 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.151 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.3465, 49.0913, 10.6124)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE35 #353DC6

analogous

#C67635 #C6BE35 #86C635

triadic

#C6BE35 #35C6BE #BE35C6

tetradic

#C6BE35 #35C676 #353DC6 #C63586

square

#C6BE35 #35C676 #353DC6 #C63586

split-complementary

#C6BE35 #3586C6 #7635C6

monochromatic

#65611B #969028 #C6BE35 #D5CF63 #E2DE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C6BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE35

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE35	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.151 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd176',
    500: '#c6be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be35;
$custom-light: #dbd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.4909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE35

secondary

#8A8DCD

accent

#4FE147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE35

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

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