#C6A535#C6A535

#C6A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A535
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 0.50, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 59.35, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0045 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.131 92)
XYZ	xyz(37.3885, 39.1753, 8.9598)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A535 #3556C6

analogous

#C65D35 #C6A535 #9FC635

triadic

#C6A535 #35C6A5 #A535C6

tetradic

#C6A535 #35C65D #3556C6 #C6359F

square

#C6A535 #35C65D #3556C6 #C6359F

split-complementary

#C6A535 #359FC6 #5D35C6

monochromatic

#65551B #967D28 #C6A535 #D5BB63 #E2D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C6A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#C6A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A535

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A535	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)

#B7A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf74',
    500: '#c6a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a535;
$custom-light: #dbbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73197,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.39173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A535

secondary

#8A99CD

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A535

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

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