#C6A231#C6A231

#C6A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A231
RGB	rgb(198, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 1.93, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 60.12, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0009 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.132 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7655, 38.0705, 8.3170)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A231 #3155C6

analogous

#C65731 #C6A231 #9FC631

triadic

#C6A231 #31C6A2 #A231C6

tetradic

#C6A231 #31C657 #3155C6 #C6319F

square

#C6A231 #31C657 #3155C6 #C6319F

split-complementary

#C6A231 #319FC6 #5731C6

monochromatic

#645219 #957A25 #C6A231 #D7BA5D #E3CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C6A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C6A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A231

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A231	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)

#B5A01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd71',
    500: '#c6a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a231;
$custom-light: #dcbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A231

secondary

#8597CE

accent

#6BE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A231

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

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