#C6A835#C6A835

#C6A835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A835
RGB	rgb(198, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -1.10, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 60.12, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0091 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.133 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9360, 40.2702, 9.1422)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A835 #3553C6

analogous

#C66035 #C6A835 #9CC635

triadic

#C6A835 #35C6A8 #A835C6

tetradic

#C6A835 #35C660 #3553C6 #C6359C

square

#C6A835 #35C660 #3553C6 #C6359C

split-complementary

#C6A835 #359CC6 #6035C6

monochromatic

#65561B #967F28 #C6A835 #D5BE63 #E2D293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C6A835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C6A835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A835

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A835	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)

#BAA523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc174',
    500: '#c6a835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a835;
$custom-light: #dbc174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73816,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A835

secondary

#8A98CD

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A835

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

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