#C6BE50#C6BE50

#C6BE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.131 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BE50
RGB	rgb(198, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 59.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -11.00, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 56.25, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0343 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.131 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1516, 49.4133, 14.8525)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BE50 #5058C6

analogous

#C68350 #C6BE50 #93C650

triadic

#C6BE50 #50C6BE #BE50C6

tetradic

#C6BE50 #50C683 #5058C6 #C65093

square

#C6BE50 #50C683 #5058C6 #C65093

split-complementary

#C6BE50 #5093C6 #8350C6

monochromatic

#757026 #A49C35 #C6BE50 #D5CF7E #E4E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C6BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#C6BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BE50

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BE50	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)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.131 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad185',
    500: '#c6be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6be50;
$custom-light: #dad185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78679,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BE50

secondary

#A0A3D2

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BE50

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

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