#C6A439#C6A439

#C6A439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A439
RGB	rgb(198, 164, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 1.23, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 57.55, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.002 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.128 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3047, 38.8543, 9.4049)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A439 #395BC6

analogous

#C65E39 #C6A439 #A1C639

triadic

#C6A439 #39C6A4 #A439C6

tetradic

#C6A439 #39C65E #395BC6 #C639A1

square

#C6A439 #39C65E #395BC6 #C639A1

split-complementary

#C6A439 #39A1C6 #5E39C6

monochromatic

#67551E #967D2B #C6A439 #D4BA69 #E1D098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C6A439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C6A439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A439

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A439	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 164, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe76',
    500: '#c6a439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a439;
$custom-light: #dbbe76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73023,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A439

secondary

#8E9DCD

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A439

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

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