#C6A331#C6A331

#C6A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A331
RGB	rgb(198, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 1.39, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 60.36, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0024 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.133 91)
XYZ	xyz(36.9424, 38.4242, 8.3760)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A331 #3154C6

analogous

#C65831 #C6A331 #9EC631

triadic

#C6A331 #31C6A3 #A331C6

tetradic

#C6A331 #31C658 #3154C6 #C6319E

square

#C6A331 #31C658 #3154C6 #C6319E

split-complementary

#C6A331 #319EC6 #5831C6

monochromatic

#645219 #957B25 #C6A331 #D7BA5D #E3CF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C6A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C6A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A331

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A331	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd71',
    500: '#c6a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a331;
$custom-light: #dcbd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A331

secondary

#8596CE

accent

#6AE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A331

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

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