#C6BE4D#C6BE4D

#C6BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.134 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE4D
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 61.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -11.21, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 57.55, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0352 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.134 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0432, 49.3700, 14.2818)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE4D #4D55C6

analogous

#C6824D #C6BE4D #92C64D

triadic

#C6BE4D #4DC6BE #BE4DC6

tetradic

#C6BE4D #4DC682 #4D55C6 #C64D92

square

#C6BE4D #4DC682 #4D55C6 #C64D92

split-complementary

#C6BE4D #4D92C6 #824DC6

monochromatic

#746E25 #A29B34 #C6BE4D #D5CF7B #E4E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C6BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#C6BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE4D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE4D	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.134 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad183',
    500: '#c6be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be4d;
$custom-light: #dad183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78649,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE4D

secondary

#9EA1D1

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE4D

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

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