#C6A232#C6A232

#C6A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.131 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A232
RGB	rgb(198, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 74.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 1.97, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 59.76, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0006 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.131 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7869, 38.0790, 8.4294)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A232 #3256C6

analogous

#C65832 #C6A232 #A0C632

triadic

#C6A232 #32C6A2 #A232C6

tetradic

#C6A232 #32C658 #3256C6 #C632A0

square

#C6A232 #32C658 #3256C6 #C632A0

split-complementary

#C6A232 #32A0C6 #5832C6

monochromatic

#645219 #957A26 #C6A232 #D7B95F #E3CF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C6A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C6A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A232

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A232	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.131 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd72',
    500: '#c6a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a232;
$custom-light: #dcbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72561,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A232

secondary

#8698CD

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A232

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

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