#C6A335#C6A335

#C6A335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A335
RGB	rgb(198, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 1.57, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 58.86, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0014 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.13 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0306, 38.4595, 8.8405)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A335 #3558C6

analogous

#C65A35 #C6A335 #A1C635

triadic

#C6A335 #35C6A3 #A335C6

tetradic

#C6A335 #35C65A #3558C6 #C635A1

square

#C6A335 #35C65A #3558C6 #C635A1

split-complementary

#C6A335 #35A1C6 #5A35C6

monochromatic

#65541B #967B28 #C6A335 #D5BA63 #E2CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C6A335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#C6A335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A335

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A335	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)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbd73',
    500: '#c6a335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a335;
$custom-light: #dbbd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72787,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A335

secondary

#8A9ACD

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A335

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

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