#C6A63D#C6A63D

#C6A63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.127 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A63D
RGB	rgb(198, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 69.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 0.37, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 56.44, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.004 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.127 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7692, 39.6173, 10.0715)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A63D #3D5DC6

analogous

#C6613D #C6A63D #A2C63D

triadic

#C6A63D #3DC6A6 #A63DC6

tetradic

#C6A63D #3DC661 #3D5DC6 #C63DA2

square

#C6A63D #3DC661 #3D5DC6 #C63DA2

split-complementary

#C6A63D #3DA2C6 #613DC6

monochromatic

#6A581F #99802D #C6A63D #D4BC6C #E2D19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C6A63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C6A63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A63D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A63D	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.127 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc078',
    500: '#c6a63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a63d;
$custom-light: #dbc078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73467,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A63D

secondary

#919FCE

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A63D

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

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