#C6BE49#C6BE49

#C6BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE49
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -11.47, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 59.26, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0364 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.137 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9063, 49.3152, 13.5607)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE49 #4951C6

analogous

#C67F49 #C6BE49 #8FC649

triadic

#C6BE49 #49C6BE #BE49C6

tetradic

#C6BE49 #49C67F #4951C6 #C6498F

square

#C6BE49 #49C67F #4951C6 #C6498F

split-complementary

#C6BE49 #498FC6 #7F49C6

monochromatic

#716C23 #A09932 #C6BE49 #D5CF78 #E3DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C6BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#C6BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE49

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE49	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)

#CEB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad181',
    500: '#c6be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be49;
$custom-light: #dad181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78611,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE49

secondary

#9A9ED0

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE49

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

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