#C6BF38#C6BF38

#C6BF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.150 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6BF38
RGB	rgb(198, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -12.92, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 66.22, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0422 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.15 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6350, 49.5544, 11.0598)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6BF38 #383FC6

analogous

#C67838 #C6BF38 #86C638

triadic

#C6BF38 #38C6BF #BF38C6

tetradic

#C6BF38 #38C678 #383FC6 #C63886

square

#C6BF38 #38C678 #383FC6 #C63886

split-complementary

#C6BF38 #3886C6 #7838C6

monochromatic

#67631D #96912B #C6BF38 #D4CF67 #E2DE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C6BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C6BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BF38

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6BF38	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.150 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd278',
    500: '#c6bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6bf38;
$custom-light: #dbd278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7869,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6BF38

secondary

#8D90CD

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BF38

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

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