#C6A433#C6A433

#C6A433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.132 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A433
RGB	rgb(198, 164, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 0.95, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 59.86, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0034 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.132 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1638, 38.7980, 8.6626)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A433 #3355C6

analogous

#C65A33 #C6A433 #9FC633

triadic

#C6A433 #33C6A4 #A433C6

tetradic

#C6A433 #33C65A #3355C6 #C6339F

square

#C6A433 #33C65A #3355C6 #C6339F

split-complementary

#C6A433 #339FC6 #5A33C6

monochromatic

#65531A #957C26 #C6A433 #D6BB60 #E3D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C6A433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C6A433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A433

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A433	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)

#B6A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 164, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.132 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe72',
    500: '#c6a433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a433;
$custom-light: #dbbe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72978,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A433

secondary

#8798CD

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A433

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

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