#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
RGBrgb(198, 190, 69)
HSLhsl(56, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(56, 65%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.62, -11.72, 59.77)
CIE-LCHlch(75.62, 60.91, 101.09°)
OKLaboklab(78.58% -0.0375 0.1349)
OKLCHoklch(78.58% 0.14 105.5)
XYZxyz(42.7779, 49.2639, 12.8846)
Luminance0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C6BE451.001.9410.8510.85
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8521.001.001.00
##00000010.8521.001.001.00

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

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#C6BE45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva