#C6BE42#C6BE42

#C6BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE42
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -11.89, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 62.11, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0383 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6871, 49.2275, 12.4065)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE42 #424AC6

analogous

#C67C42 #C6BE42 #8CC642

triadic

#C6BE42 #42C6BE #BE42C6

tetradic

#C6BE42 #42C67C #424AC6 #C6428C

square

#C6BE42 #42C67C #424AC6 #C6428C

split-complementary

#C6BE42 #428CC6 #7C42C6

monochromatic

#6D6821 #9C952F #C6BE42 #D4CE71 #E2DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C6BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE42

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE42	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd17d',
    500: '#c6be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be42;
$custom-light: #dbd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7855,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE42

secondary

#9598CF

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE42

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

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