#C6A532#C6A532

#C6A532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.133 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A532
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 74.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, 0.37, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 60.47, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0052 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.133 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3216, 39.1486, 8.6076)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A532 #3253C6

analogous

#C65B32 #C6A532 #9DC632

triadic

#C6A532 #32C6A5 #A532C6

tetradic

#C6A532 #32C65B #3253C6 #C6329D

square

#C6A532 #32C65B #3253C6 #C6329D

split-complementary

#C6A532 #329DC6 #5B32C6

monochromatic

#645419 #957C26 #C6A532 #D7BC5F #E3D090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C6A532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C6A532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A532

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A532	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf72',
    500: '#c6a532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a532;
$custom-light: #dbbf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73176,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A532

secondary

#8696CD

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A532

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

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