#C6AB25#C6AB25

#C6AB25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.144 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AB25
RGB	rgb(198, 171, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -3.31, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 66.26, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0169 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.144 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1876, 41.2673, 7.7039)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AB25 #2540C6

analogous

#C65A25 #C6AB25 #90C625

triadic

#C6AB25 #25C6AB #AB25C6

tetradic

#C6AB25 #25C65A #2540C6 #C62590

square

#C6AB25 #25C65A #2540C6 #C62590

split-complementary

#C6AB25 #2590C6 #5A25C6

monochromatic

#5F5212 #927E1B #C6AB25 #DDC54B #E7D57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#C6AB25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#C6AB25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AB25

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AB25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AB25	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ab25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 171, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.144 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc36d',
    500: '#c6ab25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ab25;
$custom-light: #dcc36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ab25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.938,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74343,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AB25

secondary

#7786CF

accent

#5AEB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AB25

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

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