#C6BE44#C6BE44

#C6BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.141 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE44
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -11.78, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 61.31, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0378 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.141 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7471, 49.2515, 12.7225)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE44 #444CC6

analogous

#C67D44 #C6BE44 #8DC644

triadic

#C6BE44 #44C6BE #BE44C6

tetradic

#C6BE44 #44C67D #444CC6 #C6448D

square

#C6BE44 #44C67D #444CC6 #C6448D

split-complementary

#C6BE44 #448DC6 #7D44C6

monochromatic

#6E6922 #9D9630 #C6BE44 #D4CE73 #E3DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C6BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE44

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE44	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)

#CEB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.141 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17e',
    500: '#c6be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be44;
$custom-light: #dad17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78567,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE44

secondary

#979ACF

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE44

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

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