#C6A432#C6A432

#C6A432 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A432
RGB	rgb(198, 164, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 0.90, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 60.23, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0037 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.133 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1420, 38.7892, 8.5478)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A432 #3254C6

analogous

#C65A32 #C6A432 #9EC632

triadic

#C6A432 #32C6A4 #A432C6

tetradic

#C6A432 #32C65A #3254C6 #C6329E

square

#C6A432 #32C65A #3254C6 #C6329E

split-complementary

#C6A432 #329EC6 #5A32C6

monochromatic

#645319 #957C26 #C6A432 #D7BB5F #E3D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C6A432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C6A432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A432

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A432	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)

#B6A21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 164, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe72',
    500: '#c6a432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a432;
$custom-light: #dcbe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A432

secondary

#8697CD

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A432

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

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