#C6A825#C6A825

#C6A825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A825
RGB	rgb(198, 168, 37)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -1.72, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 65.52, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0124 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.142 95)
XYZ	xyz(37.6274, 40.1468, 7.5171)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A825 #2543C6

analogous

#C65725 #C6A825 #93C625

triadic

#C6A825 #25C6A8 #A825C6

tetradic

#C6A825 #25C657 #2543C6 #C62593

square

#C6A825 #25C657 #2543C6 #C62593

split-complementary

#C6A825 #2593C6 #5725C6

monochromatic

#5F5012 #927C1B #C6A825 #DDC24B #E7D37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C6A825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#C6A825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A825

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A825	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 168, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc16c',
    500: '#c6a825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a825;
$custom-light: #dcc16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.82,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.40145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A825

secondary

#7788CF

accent

#5DEB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A825

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

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