#C6AA4E#C6AA4E

#C6AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.116 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AA4E
RGB	rgb(198, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 60.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -0.70, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 50.16, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.005 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.116 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0403, 41.3073, 13.1230)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AA4E #4E6AC6

analogous

#C66E4E #C6AA4E #A6C64E

triadic

#C6AA4E #4EC6AA #AA4EC6

tetradic

#C6AA4E #4EC66E #4E6AC6 #C64EA6

square

#C6AA4E #4EC66E #4E6AC6 #C64EA6

split-complementary

#C6AA4E #4EA6C6 #6E4EC6

monochromatic

#746225 #A28934 #C6AA4E #D5C07C #E4D6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C6AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#C6AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AA4E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AA4E	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.116 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac383',
    500: '#c6aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6aa4e;
$custom-light: #dac383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74458,
    "c": 0.11594,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AA4E

secondary

#9EAAD1

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AA4E

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

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