#C6A536#C6A536

#C6A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A536
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 0.55, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 58.97, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0042 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4117, 39.1846, 9.0822)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A536 #3657C6

analogous

#C65D36 #C6A536 #9FC636

triadic

#C6A536 #36C6A5 #A536C6

tetradic

#C6A536 #36C65D #3657C6 #C6369F

square

#C6A536 #36C65D #3657C6 #C6369F

split-complementary

#C6A536 #369FC6 #5D36C6

monochromatic

#66551C #967D29 #C6A536 #D5BB64 #E2D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C6A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C6A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A536

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A536	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf74',
    500: '#c6a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a536;
$custom-light: #dbbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73205,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A536

secondary

#8B9ACD

accent

#6AE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A536

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

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