#C6BF59#C6BF59

#C6BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.124 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C6BF59
RGBrgb(198, 191, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 49%, 56%)
HSVhsv(56, 55%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.06, -10.84, 51.47)
CIE-LCHlch(76.06, 52.60, 101.90°)
OKLaboklab(78.99% -0.0328 0.12)
OKLCHoklch(78.99% 0.124 105.3)
XYZxyz(43.7240, 49.9900, 16.7951)
Luminance0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C6BF59 #5960C6
analogous
#C68959 #C6BF59 #97C659
triadic
#C6BF59 #59C6BF #BF59C6
tetradic
#C6BF59 #59C689 #5960C6 #C65997
square
#C6BF59 #59C689 #5960C6 #C65997
split-complementary
#C6BF59 #5997C6 #8959C6
monochromatic
#7B752A #A8A13A #C6BF59 #D6D187 #E5E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#C6BF59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00
#C6BF59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6BF59
11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C6BF59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C6BF591.001.9111.0011.00
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0021.001.001.00
##00000011.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB94F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BE5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3B4A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c6bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.124 105.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad28b',
    500: '#c6bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c6bf59;
$custom-light: #dad28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c6bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7899,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C6BF59
secondary
#A7AAD4
accent
#58D84F
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9F0
border
#D4D2CB
text
#15140C
muted
#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6BF59

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#C6BF59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva