#C6AA46#C6AA46

#C6AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.123 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA46
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 64.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -1.23, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 53.74, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0075 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.123 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7708, 41.1995, 11.7033)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA46 #4662C6

analogous

#C66A46 #C6AA46 #A2C646

triadic

#C6AA46 #46C6AA #AA46C6

tetradic

#C6AA46 #46C66A #4662C6 #C646A2

square

#C6AA46 #46C66A #4662C6 #C646A2

split-complementary

#C6AA46 #46A2C6 #6A46C6

monochromatic

#6F5E22 #9E8631 #C6AA46 #D4BF75 #E3D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C6AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#C6AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA46

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA46	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)

#BBA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.123 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc37e',
    500: '#c6aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa46;
$custom-light: #dbc37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74375,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA46

secondary

#98A4D0

accent

#6BDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA46

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

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