#C6A138#C6A138

#C6A138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C6A138
RGBrgb(198, 161, 56)
HSLhsl(44, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(44, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.7%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(67.86, 2.79, 57.15)
CIE-LCHlch(67.86, 57.22, 87.21°)
OKLaboklab(72.4% 0.0024 0.1272)
OKLCHoklch(72.4% 0.127 88.9)
XYZxyz(36.7495, 37.7833, 9.0979)
Luminance0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C6A138 #385DC6
analogous
#C65A38 #C6A138 #A4C638
triadic
#C6A138 #38C6A1 #A138C6
tetradic
#C6A138 #38C65A #385DC6 #C638A4
square
#C6A138 #38C65A #385DC6 #C638A4
split-complementary
#C6A138 #38A4C6 #5A38C6
monochromatic
#67531D #967A2B #C6A138 #D4B867 #E2CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#C6A138 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56
#C6A138 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A138
8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C6A138#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C6A1381.002.458.568.56
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5621.001.001.00
##0000008.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F29
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAA3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D6938C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c6a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 88.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc75',
    500: '#c6a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c6a138;
$custom-light: #dbbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c6a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.366,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C6A138
secondary
#8D9ECD
accent
#70DF49
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FCF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#C6A138 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva