#C6AA45#C6AA45

#C6AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA45
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -1.29, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 54.18, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0078 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.123 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7395, 41.1869, 11.5384)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA45 #4561C6

analogous

#C66A45 #C6AA45 #A1C645

triadic

#C6AA45 #45C6AA #AA45C6

tetradic

#C6AA45 #45C66A #4561C6 #C645A1

square

#C6AA45 #45C66A #4561C6 #C645A1

split-complementary

#C6AA45 #45A1C6 #6A45C6

monochromatic

#6F5E22 #9E8630 #C6AA45 #D4BF74 #E3D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C6AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C6AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA45

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA45	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc37d',
    500: '#c6aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa45;
$custom-light: #dbc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA45

secondary

#97A4CF

accent

#6BDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA45

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

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