#C6A635#C6A635

#C6A635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.132 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A635
RGB	rgb(198, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -0.03, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 59.60, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.006 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.132 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5696, 39.5374, 9.0201)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A635 #3555C6

analogous

#C65E35 #C6A635 #9EC635

triadic

#C6A635 #35C6A6 #A635C6

tetradic

#C6A635 #35C65E #3555C6 #C6359E

square

#C6A635 #35C65E #3555C6 #C6359E

split-complementary

#C6A635 #359EC6 #5E35C6

monochromatic

#65551B #967E28 #C6A635 #D5BC63 #E2D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C6A635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C6A635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A635

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A635	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.132 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc074',
    500: '#c6a635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a635;
$custom-light: #dbc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73403,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A635

secondary

#8A99CD

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A635

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

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