#C6A12A#C6A12A

#C6A12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A12A
RGB	rgb(198, 161, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 78.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 2.19, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 62.34, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0008 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.135 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4537, 37.6650, 7.5401)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A12A #2A4FC6

analogous

#C6532A #C6A12A #9DC62A

triadic

#C6A12A #2AC6A1 #A12AC6

tetradic

#C6A12A #2AC653 #2A4FC6 #C62A9D

square

#C6A12A #2AC653 #2A4FC6 #C62A9D

split-complementary

#C6A12A #2A9DC6 #532AC6

monochromatic

#614F15 #94781F #C6A12A #DABA53 #E5CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C6A12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C6A12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A12A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A12A	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 161, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbc6e',
    500: '#c6a12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a12a;
$custom-light: #dcbc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.769,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72305,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A12A

secondary

#7D91CE

accent

#68E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A12A

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

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