#C6BE4E#C6BE4E

#C6BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.133 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE4E
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 60.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -11.14, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 57.12, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0349 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.133 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0788, 49.3842, 14.4691)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE4E #4E56C6

analogous

#C6824E #C6BE4E #92C64E

triadic

#C6BE4E #4EC6BE #BE4EC6

tetradic

#C6BE4E #4EC682 #4E56C6 #C64E92

square

#C6BE4E #4EC682 #4E56C6 #C64E92

split-complementary

#C6BE4E #4E92C6 #824EC6

monochromatic

#746F25 #A29B34 #C6BE4E #D5CF7C #E4E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C6BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C6BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE4E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE4E	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.133 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad184',
    500: '#c6be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be4e;
$custom-light: #dad184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78659,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE4E

secondary

#9EA2D1

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE4E

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

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