#C6BE45#C6BE45

#C6BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.140 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE45
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -11.72, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 60.91, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0375 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7779, 49.2639, 12.8846)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE45 #454DC6

analogous

#C67E45 #C6BE45 #8EC645

triadic

#C6BE45 #45C6BE #BE45C6

tetradic

#C6BE45 #45C67E #454DC6 #C6458E

square

#C6BE45 #45C67E #454DC6 #C6458E

split-complementary

#C6BE45 #458EC6 #7E45C6

monochromatic

#6F6A22 #9E9730 #C6BE45 #D4CE74 #E3DFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#C6BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#C6BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE45

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE45	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)

#CEB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17f',
    500: '#c6be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be45;
$custom-light: #dad17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78576,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE45

secondary

#979BCF

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE45

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

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