#C6AA32#C6AA32

#C6AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA32
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 74.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -2.29, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 61.76, 92.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0128 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.136 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2412, 40.9876, 8.9142)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA32 #324EC6

analogous

#C66032 #C6AA32 #98C632

triadic

#C6AA32 #32C6AA #AA32C6

tetradic

#C6AA32 #32C660 #324EC6 #C63298

square

#C6AA32 #32C660 #324EC6 #C63298

split-complementary

#C6AA32 #3298C6 #6032C6

monochromatic

#645619 #958026 #C6AA32 #D7C05F #E3D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C6AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C6AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA32

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA32	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc273',
    500: '#c6aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa32;
$custom-light: #dbc273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7421,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA32

secondary

#8694CD

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA32

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

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