#C6A625#C6A625

#C6A625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.141 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A625
RGB	rgb(198, 166, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -0.66, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 65.04, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0094 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.141 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2610, 39.4140, 7.3950)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A625 #2545C6

analogous

#C65625 #C6A625 #95C625

triadic

#C6A625 #25C6A6 #A625C6

tetradic

#C6A625 #25C656 #2545C6 #C62595

square

#C6A625 #25C656 #2545C6 #C62595

split-complementary

#C6A625 #2595C6 #5625C6

monochromatic

#5F5012 #927B1B #C6A625 #DDC04B #E7D27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C6A625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C6A625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A625

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A625	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 166, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.141 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc06c',
    500: '#c6a625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a625;
$custom-light: #dcc06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.075,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A625

secondary

#7789CF

accent

#5FEB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A625

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

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