#C6AA3C#C6AA3C

#C6AA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA3C
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 69.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -1.81, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 57.94, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0103 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.13 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4810, 41.0835, 10.1771)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA3C #3C58C6

analogous

#C6653C #C6AA3C #9DC63C

triadic

#C6AA3C #3CC6AA #AA3CC6

tetradic

#C6AA3C #3CC665 #3C58C6 #C63C9D

square

#C6AA3C #3CC665 #3C58C6 #C63C9D

split-complementary

#C6AA3C #3C9DC6 #653CC6

monochromatic

#695A1F #98822D #C6AA3C #D4BF6B #E2D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C6AA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#C6AA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA3C

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA3C	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc278',
    500: '#c6aa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa3c;
$custom-light: #dbc278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA3C

secondary

#909DCE

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA3C

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

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