#C6A235#C6A235

#C6A235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A235
RGB	rgb(198, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 2.11, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 58.62, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0001 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.13 90)
XYZ	xyz(36.8537, 38.1058, 8.7815)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A235 #3559C6

analogous

#C65935 #C6A235 #A2C635

triadic

#C6A235 #35C6A2 #A235C6

tetradic

#C6A235 #35C659 #3559C6 #C635A2

square

#C6A235 #35C659 #3559C6 #C635A2

split-complementary

#C6A235 #35A2C6 #5935C6

monochromatic

#65531B #967B28 #C6A235 #D5B963 #E2CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C6A235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#C6A235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A235

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A235	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)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd73',
    500: '#c6a235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a235;
$custom-light: #dbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72583,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.38103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A235

secondary

#8A9ACD

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A235

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

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