#C6AB42#C6AB42

#C6AB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.126 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AB42
RGB	rgb(198, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -2.01, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 55.75, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0102 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.126 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8369, 41.5270, 11.1231)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AB42 #425DC6

analogous

#C66942 #C6AB42 #9FC642

triadic

#C6AB42 #42C6AB #AB42C6

tetradic

#C6AB42 #42C669 #425DC6 #C6429F

square

#C6AB42 #42C669 #425DC6 #C6429F

split-complementary

#C6AB42 #429FC6 #6942C6

monochromatic

#6D5D21 #9C862F #C6AB42 #D4C071 #E2D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C6AB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#C6AB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AB42

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AB42	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.126 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc37b',
    500: '#c6ab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ab42;
$custom-light: #dbc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AB42

secondary

#95A1CF

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AB42

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

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