#C6AA43#C6AA43

#C6AA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA43
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -1.42, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 55.04, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0084 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.125 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6784, 41.1625, 11.2170)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA43 #435FC6

analogous

#C66943 #C6AA43 #A0C643

triadic

#C6AA43 #43C6AA #AA43C6

tetradic

#C6AA43 #43C669 #435FC6 #C643A0

square

#C6AA43 #43C669 #435FC6 #C643A0

split-complementary

#C6AA43 #43A0C6 #6943C6

monochromatic

#6D5D21 #9C852F #C6AA43 #D4BF72 #E2D4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C6AA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C6AA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA43

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA43	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc37c',
    500: '#c6aa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa43;
$custom-light: #dbc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74346,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA43

secondary

#96A2CF

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA43

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

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