#C6A539#C6A539

#C6A539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A539
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 0.70, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 57.80, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0035 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.129 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4844, 39.2137, 9.4647)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A539 #395AC6

analogous

#C65E39 #C6A539 #A1C639

triadic

#C6A539 #39C6A5 #A539C6

tetradic

#C6A539 #39C65E #395AC6 #C639A1

square

#C6A539 #39C65E #395AC6 #C639A1

split-complementary

#C6A539 #39A1C6 #5E39C6

monochromatic

#67561E #967D2B #C6A539 #D4BB69 #E1D098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C6A539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C6A539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A539

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A539	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#B7A32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf76',
    500: '#c6a539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a539;
$custom-light: #dbbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A539

secondary

#8E9DCD

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A539

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

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