#C6A435#C6A435

#C6A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A435
RGB	rgb(198, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 1.04, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 59.10, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.003 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.131 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2088, 38.8160, 8.8999)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A435 #3557C6

analogous

#C65C35 #C6A435 #A0C635

triadic

#C6A435 #35C6A4 #A435C6

tetradic

#C6A435 #35C65C #3557C6 #C635A0

square

#C6A435 #35C65C #3557C6 #C635A0

split-complementary

#C6A435 #35A0C6 #5C35C6

monochromatic

#65541B #967C28 #C6A435 #D5BA63 #E2D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C6A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C6A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A435

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A435	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)

#B6A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe73',
    500: '#c6a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a435;
$custom-light: #dbbe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A435

secondary

#8A99CD

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A435

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

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