#C6A643#C6A643

#C6A643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.122 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A643
RGB	rgb(198, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 66.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, 0.71, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 53.91, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0022 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.122 91)
XYZ	xyz(37.9400, 39.6856, 10.9708)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A643 #4363C6

analogous

#C66543 #C6A643 #A4C643

triadic

#C6A643 #43C6A6 #A643C6

tetradic

#C6A643 #43C665 #4363C6 #C643A4

square

#C6A643 #43C665 #4363C6 #C643A4

split-complementary

#C6A643 #43A4C6 #6543C6

monochromatic

#6D5B21 #9C822F #C6A643 #D4BC72 #E2D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C6A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#C6A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A643

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A643	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.122 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc07c',
    500: '#c6a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a643;
$custom-light: #dbc07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A643

secondary

#96A4CF

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A643

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

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