#C6A83A#C6A83A

#C6A83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.130 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A83A
RGB	rgb(198, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -0.85, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 58.19, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0078 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.13 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0570, 40.3187, 9.7799)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A83A #3A58C6

analogous

#C6623A #C6A83A #9EC63A

triadic

#C6A83A #3AC6A8 #A83AC6

tetradic

#C6A83A #3AC662 #3A58C6 #C63A9E

square

#C6A83A #3AC662 #3A58C6 #C63A9E

split-complementary

#C6A83A #3A9EC6 #623AC6

monochromatic

#68581E #97802C #C6A83A #D4BD69 #E1D299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C6A83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C6A83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A83A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A83A	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.130 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc177',
    500: '#c6a83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a83a;
$custom-light: #dbc177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A83A

secondary

#8F9CCD

accent

#69DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A83A

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

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