#C6A225#C6A225

#C6A225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A225
RGB	rgb(198, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 1.48, 64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 64.15, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0033 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.138 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5452, 37.9823, 7.1564)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A225 #2549C6

analogous

#C65125 #C6A225 #99C625

triadic

#C6A225 #25C6A2 #A225C6

tetradic

#C6A225 #25C651 #2549C6 #C62599

square

#C6A225 #25C651 #2549C6 #C62599

split-complementary

#C6A225 #2599C6 #5125C6

monochromatic

#5F4E12 #92781B #C6A225 #DDBD4B #E7D07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C6A225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C6A225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A225

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A225	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd6b',
    500: '#c6a225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a225;
$custom-light: #dcbd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.584,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A225

secondary

#778BCF

accent

#64EB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A225

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

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