#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
RGBrgb(198, 165, 53)
HSLhsl(46, 58%, 49%)
HSVhsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(68.88, 0.50, 59.35)
CIE-LCHlch(68.88, 59.35, 89.52°)
OKLaboklab(73.2% -0.0045 0.1313)
OKLCHoklch(73.2% 0.131 92)
XYZxyz(37.3885, 39.1753, 8.9598)
Luminance0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C6A5351.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

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

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#C6A535 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva