#C6AA25#C6AA25

#C6AA25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.143 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA25
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -2.78, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 66.01, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0154 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.143 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9995, 40.8909, 7.6411)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA25 #2541C6

analogous

#C65925 #C6AA25 #91C625

triadic

#C6AA25 #25C6AA #AA25C6

tetradic

#C6AA25 #25C659 #2541C6 #C62591

square

#C6AA25 #25C659 #2541C6 #C62591

split-complementary

#C6AA25 #2591C6 #5925C6

monochromatic

#5F5112 #927E1B #C6AA25 #DDC44B #E7D57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C6AA25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#C6AA25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA25

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA25	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4AF2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.143 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc26c',
    500: '#c6aa25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa25;
$custom-light: #dcc26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA25

secondary

#7787CF

accent

#5BEB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA25

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

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