#C6A735#C6A735

#C6A735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.133 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A735
RGB	rgb(198, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -0.56, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 59.86, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0075 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.133 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7521, 39.9024, 9.0809)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A735 #3554C6

analogous

#C65E35 #C6A735 #9DC635

triadic

#C6A735 #35C6A7 #A735C6

tetradic

#C6A735 #35C65E #3554C6 #C6359D

square

#C6A735 #35C65E #3554C6 #C6359D

split-complementary

#C6A735 #359DC6 #5E35C6

monochromatic

#65561B #967E28 #C6A735 #D5BD63 #E2D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C6A735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C6A735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A735

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A735	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.133 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc074',
    500: '#c6a735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a735;
$custom-light: #dbc074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7361,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A735

secondary

#8A98CD

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A735

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

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