#C6A234#C6A234

#C6A234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A234
RGB	rgb(198, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 73.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 2.06, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 59.01, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0001 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.13 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8310, 38.0967, 8.6616)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A234 #3458C6

analogous

#C65934 #C6A234 #A1C634

triadic

#C6A234 #34C6A2 #A234C6

tetradic

#C6A234 #34C659 #3458C6 #C634A1

square

#C6A234 #34C659 #3458C6 #C634A1

split-complementary

#C6A234 #34A1C6 #5934C6

monochromatic

#65531B #967A27 #C6A234 #D6B962 #E2CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C6A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C6A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A234

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A234	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)

#B5A023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd73',
    500: '#c6a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a234;
$custom-light: #dbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A234

secondary

#8999CD

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A234

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

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