#C6A22A#C6A22A

#C6A22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A22A
RGB	rgb(198, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 78.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 1.65, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 62.56, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0024 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.136 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.6291, 38.0159, 7.5986)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A22A #2A4EC6

analogous

#C6542A #C6A22A #9CC62A

triadic

#C6A22A #2AC6A2 #A22AC6

tetradic

#C6A22A #2AC654 #2A4EC6 #C62A9C

square

#C6A22A #2AC654 #2A4EC6 #C62A9C

split-complementary

#C6A22A #2A9CC6 #542AC6

monochromatic

#614F15 #94791F #C6A22A #DABB53 #E5CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C6A22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C6A22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A22A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A22A	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)

#B5A00F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd6e',
    500: '#c6a22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a22a;
$custom-light: #dcbd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72509,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.38014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A22A

secondary

#7D90CE

accent

#67E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A22A

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

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