#C6A533#C6A533

#C6A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; 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	#C6A533
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 74.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 0.41, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 60.10, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.005 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.133 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3435, 39.1573, 8.7225)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A533 #3354C6

analogous

#C65C33 #C6A533 #9EC633

triadic

#C6A533 #33C6A5 #A533C6

tetradic

#C6A533 #33C65C #3354C6 #C6339E

square

#C6A533 #33C65C #3354C6 #C6339E

split-complementary

#C6A533 #339EC6 #5C33C6

monochromatic

#65541A #957C26 #C6A533 #D6BC60 #E3D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C6A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C6A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A533

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A533	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)

#B7A320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf73',
    500: '#c6a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a533;
$custom-light: #dbbf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73183,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A533

secondary

#8797CD

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A533

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

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