#C6A230#C6A230

#C6A230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.133 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A230
RGB	rgb(198, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 75.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 1.89, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 60.49, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0011 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.133 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7447, 38.0621, 8.2071)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A230 #3054C6

analogous

#C65730 #C6A230 #9FC630

triadic

#C6A230 #30C6A2 #A230C6

tetradic

#C6A230 #30C657 #3054C6 #C6309F

square

#C6A230 #30C657 #3054C6 #C6309F

split-complementary

#C6A230 #309FC6 #5730C6

monochromatic

#635118 #957A24 #C6A230 #D7BA5C #E3CF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C6A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C6A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A230

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A230	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.133 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd71',
    500: '#c6a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a230;
$custom-light: #dcbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A230

secondary

#8496CE

accent

#6AE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A230

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

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