#C6BE38#C6BE38

#C6BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE38
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -12.41, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 65.87, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0408 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4177, 49.1198, 10.9873)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE38 #3840C6

analogous

#C67738 #C6BE38 #87C638

triadic

#C6BE38 #38C6BE #BE38C6

tetradic

#C6BE38 #38C677 #3840C6 #C63887

square

#C6BE38 #38C677 #3840C6 #C63887

split-complementary

#C6BE38 #3887C6 #7738C6

monochromatic

#67621D #96902B #C6BE38 #D4CE67 #E2DD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#C6BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE38

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE38	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)

#CEB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd178',
    500: '#c6be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be38;
$custom-light: #dbd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78476,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE38

secondary

#8D90CD

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE38

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

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