#C6A938#C6A938

#C6A938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A938
RGB	rgb(198, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -1.48, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 59.25, 91.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0098 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1925, 40.6693, 9.5789)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A938 #3855C6

analogous

#C66238 #C6A938 #9CC638

triadic

#C6A938 #38C6A9 #A938C6

tetradic

#C6A938 #38C662 #3855C6 #C6389C

square

#C6A938 #38C662 #3855C6 #C6389C

split-complementary

#C6A938 #389CC6 #6238C6

monochromatic

#67581D #96802B #C6A938 #D4BE67 #E2D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C6A938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C6A938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A938

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A938	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc276',
    500: '#c6a938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a938;
$custom-light: #dbc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74046,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A938

secondary

#8D9ACD

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A938

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

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