#C6AA38#C6AA38

#C6AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.133 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA38
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -2.01, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 59.52, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0114 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.133 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3792, 41.0428, 9.6412)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA38 #3854C6

analogous

#C66338 #C6AA38 #9BC638

triadic

#C6AA38 #38C6AA #AA38C6

tetradic

#C6AA38 #38C663 #3854C6 #C6389B

square

#C6AA38 #38C663 #3854C6 #C6389B

split-complementary

#C6AA38 #389BC6 #6338C6

monochromatic

#67581D #96812B #C6AA38 #D4BF67 #E2D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C6AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#C6AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA38

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA38	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.133 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc276',
    500: '#c6aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa38;
$custom-light: #dbc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA38

secondary

#8D99CD

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA38

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

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