#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
RGB	rgb(198, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -10.84, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 52.60, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0328 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.124 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7240, 49.9900, 16.7951)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C6BF59	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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