#C6BE46#C6BE46

#C6BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE46
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -11.66, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 60.50, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.0372 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8092, 49.2764, 13.0495)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE46 #464EC6

analogous

#C67E46 #C6BE46 #8EC646

triadic

#C6BE46 #46C6BE #BE46C6

tetradic

#C6BE46 #46C67E #464EC6 #C6468E

square

#C6BE46 #46C67E #464EC6 #C6468E

split-complementary

#C6BE46 #468EC6 #7E46C6

monochromatic

#6F6A22 #9E9731 #C6BE46 #D4CE75 #E3DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C6BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C6BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE46

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE46	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad17f',
    500: '#c6be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be46;
$custom-light: #dad17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78584,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE46

secondary

#989CD0

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE46

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

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