#C6AB36#C6AB36

#C6AB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.135 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AB36
RGB	rgb(198, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -2.64, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 60.56, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0134 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.135 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5194, 41.4000, 9.4514)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AB36 #3651C6

analogous

#C66336 #C6AB36 #99C636

triadic

#C6AB36 #36C6AB #AB36C6

tetradic

#C6AB36 #36C663 #3651C6 #C63699

square

#C6AB36 #36C663 #3651C6 #C63699

split-complementary

#C6AB36 #3699C6 #6336C6

monochromatic

#66581C #968129 #C6AB36 #D5C064 #E2D394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C6AB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C6AB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AB36

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AB36	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.135 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc375',
    500: '#c6ab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ab36;
$custom-light: #dbc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74446,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AB36

secondary

#8B97CD

accent

#64E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AB36

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

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