#C6A740#C6A740

#C6A740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A740
RGB	rgb(198, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 0.00, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 55.46, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0046 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.125 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0348, 40.0155, 10.5699)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A740 #405FC6

analogous

#C66440 #C6A740 #A2C640

triadic

#C6A740 #40C6A7 #A740C6

tetradic

#C6A740 #40C664 #405FC6 #C640A2

square

#C6A740 #40C664 #405FC6 #C640A2

split-complementary

#C6A740 #40A2C6 #6440C6

monochromatic

#6C5A20 #9B822E #C6A740 #D4BD6F #E2D29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C6A740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#C6A740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A740

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A740	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc07a',
    500: '#c6a740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a740;
$custom-light: #dbc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73699,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A740

secondary

#93A1CE

accent

#6CDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A740

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

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