#C6AA44#C6AA44

#C6AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.124 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA44
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 65.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -1.36, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 54.61, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0081 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.124 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7087, 41.1746, 11.3763)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA44 #4460C6

analogous

#C66944 #C6AA44 #A1C644

triadic

#C6AA44 #44C6AA #AA44C6

tetradic

#C6AA44 #44C669 #4460C6 #C644A1

square

#C6AA44 #44C669 #4460C6 #C644A1

split-complementary

#C6AA44 #44A1C6 #6944C6

monochromatic

#6E5E22 #9D8530 #C6AA44 #D4BF73 #E3D5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C6AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#C6AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA44

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.124 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc37d',
    500: '#c6aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa44;
$custom-light: #dbc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74355,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA44

secondary

#97A3CF

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA44

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

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