#C6BE3E#C6BE3E

#C6BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.145 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE3E
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, -12.11, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 63.66, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0394 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.145 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5733, 49.1820, 11.8070)
Luminance	0.4918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE3E #3E46C6

analogous

#C67A3E #C6BE3E #8AC63E

triadic

#C6BE3E #3EC6BE #BE3EC6

tetradic

#C6BE3E #3EC67A #3E46C6 #C63E8A

square

#C6BE3E #3EC67A #3E46C6 #C63E8A

split-complementary

#C6BE3E #3E8AC6 #7A3EC6

monochromatic

#6A661F #99932D #C6BE3E #D4CE6D #E2DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#C6BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE3E

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE3E	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.145 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd17b',
    500: '#c6be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be3e;
$custom-light: #dbd17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78519,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE3E

secondary

#9295CE

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE3E

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

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