#C6BE40#C6BE40

#C6BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.144 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE40
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -12.00, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 62.89, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0389 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.144 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6292, 49.2044, 12.1014)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE40 #4048C6

analogous

#C67B40 #C6BE40 #8BC640

triadic

#C6BE40 #40C6BE #BE40C6

tetradic

#C6BE40 #40C67B #4048C6 #C6408B

square

#C6BE40 #40C67B #4048C6 #C6408B

split-complementary

#C6BE40 #408BC6 #7B40C6

monochromatic

#6C6720 #9B942E #C6BE40 #D4CE6F #E2DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#C6BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE40

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE40	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)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.144 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd17c',
    500: '#c6be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be40;
$custom-light: #dbd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78534,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE40

secondary

#9397CE

accent

#53DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE40

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

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