#C6A135#C6A135

#C6A135 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A135
RGB	rgb(198, 161, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 2.64, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 58.39, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0016 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.129 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6783, 37.7549, 8.7230)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A135 #355AC6

analogous

#C65935 #C6A135 #A3C635

triadic

#C6A135 #35C6A1 #A135C6

tetradic

#C6A135 #35C659 #355AC6 #C635A3

square

#C6A135 #35C659 #355AC6 #C635A3

split-complementary

#C6A135 #35A3C6 #5935C6

monochromatic

#65521B #967A28 #C6A135 #D5B863 #E2CE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C6A135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C6A135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A135

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A135	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 161, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc73',
    500: '#c6a135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a135;
$custom-light: #dbbc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72378,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A135

secondary

#8A9BCD

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A135

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

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