#C6A431#C6A431

#C6A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A431
RGB	rgb(198, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 0.86, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 60.59, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0039 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.133 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1206, 38.7807, 8.4354)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A431 #3153C6

analogous

#C65931 #C6A431 #9DC631

triadic

#C6A431 #31C6A4 #A431C6

tetradic

#C6A431 #31C659 #3153C6 #C6319D

square

#C6A431 #31C659 #3153C6 #C6319D

split-complementary

#C6A431 #319DC6 #5931C6

monochromatic

#645319 #957B25 #C6A431 #D7BB5D #E3D08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C6A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C6A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A431

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A431	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe71',
    500: '#c6a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a431;
$custom-light: #dcbe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72964,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A431

secondary

#8596CE

accent

#69E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A431

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

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