#C6A540#C6A540

#C6A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.124 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A540
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 1.07, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 54.93, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0016 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.124 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6712, 39.2884, 10.4487)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A540 #4061C6

analogous

#C66240 #C6A540 #A4C640

triadic

#C6A540 #40C6A5 #A540C6

tetradic

#C6A540 #40C662 #4061C6 #C640A4

square

#C6A540 #40C662 #4061C6 #C640A4

split-complementary

#C6A540 #40A4C6 #6240C6

monochromatic

#6C5920 #9B802E #C6A540 #D4BB6F #E2D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C6A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C6A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A540

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A540	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.124 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf7a',
    500: '#c6a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a540;
$custom-light: #dbbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73288,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A540

secondary

#93A2CE

accent

#6FDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A540

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

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