#C6A333#C6A333

#C6A333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A333
RGB	rgb(198, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 74.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 1.48, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 59.62, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0019 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.131 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9855, 38.4415, 8.6032)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A333 #3356C6

analogous

#C65A33 #C6A333 #A0C633

triadic

#C6A333 #33C6A3 #A333C6

tetradic

#C6A333 #33C65A #3356C6 #C633A0

square

#C6A333 #33C65A #3356C6 #C633A0

split-complementary

#C6A333 #33A0C6 #5A33C6

monochromatic

#65531A #957B26 #C6A333 #D6BA60 #E3CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C6A333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C6A333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A333

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A333	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd72',
    500: '#c6a333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a333;
$custom-light: #dbbd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72773,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A333

secondary

#8798CD

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A333

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

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