#C6A834#C6A834

#C6A834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.134 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A834
RGB	rgb(198, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -1.14, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 60.50, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0093 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.134 94)
XYZ	xyz(37.9132, 40.2611, 9.0224)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A834 #3452C6

analogous

#C65F34 #C6A834 #9BC634

triadic

#C6A834 #34C6A8 #A834C6

tetradic

#C6A834 #34C65F #3452C6 #C6349B

square

#C6A834 #34C65F #3452C6 #C6349B

split-complementary

#C6A834 #349BC6 #5F34C6

monochromatic

#65561B #967F27 #C6A834 #D6BE62 #E2D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C6A834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C6A834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A834

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A834	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.134 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc173',
    500: '#c6a834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a834;
$custom-light: #dbc173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73809,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.40259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A834

secondary

#8997CD

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A834

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

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