#C6BE36#C6BE36

#C6BE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.150 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE36
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -12.50, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 66.57, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0413 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.15 106)
XYZ	xyz(42.3697, 49.1006, 10.7348)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE36 #363EC6

analogous

#C67636 #C6BE36 #86C636

triadic

#C6BE36 #36C6BE #BE36C6

tetradic

#C6BE36 #36C676 #363EC6 #C63686

square

#C6BE36 #36C676 #363EC6 #C63686

split-complementary

#C6BE36 #3686C6 #7636C6

monochromatic

#66621C #969029 #C6BE36 #D5CF64 #E2DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C6BE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE36

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE36	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)

#CEB71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.150 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd177',
    500: '#c6be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be36;
$custom-light: #dbd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78462,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.49099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE36

secondary

#8B8ECD

accent

#50E047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE36

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

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