#C6A425#C6A425

#C6A425 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A425
RGB	rgb(198, 164, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 0.41, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 64.58, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0064 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.139 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9003, 38.6926, 7.2747)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A425 #2547C6

analogous

#C65325 #C6A425 #97C625

triadic

#C6A425 #25C6A4 #A425C6

tetradic

#C6A425 #25C653 #2547C6 #C62597

square

#C6A425 #25C653 #2547C6 #C62597

split-complementary

#C6A425 #2597C6 #5325C6

monochromatic

#5F4F12 #92791B #C6A425 #DDBE4B #E7D17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C6A425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C6A425 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A425

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A425	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 164, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe6c',
    500: '#c6a425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a425;
$custom-light: #dcbe6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.329,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72893,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A425

secondary

#778ACF

accent

#61EB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A425

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

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