#C6AC25#C6AC25

#C6AC25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.144 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC25
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 37)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -3.83, 66.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 66.52, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0184 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.144 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3772, 41.6465, 7.7671)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC25 #253FC6

analogous

#C65C25 #C6AC25 #8FC625

triadic

#C6AC25 #25C6AC #AC25C6

tetradic

#C6AC25 #25C65C #253FC6 #C6258F

square

#C6AC25 #25C65C #253FC6 #C6258F

split-complementary

#C6AC25 #258FC6 #5C25C6

monochromatic

#5F5212 #927F1B #C6AC25 #DDC64B #E7D67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C6AC25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#C6AC25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC25

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC25	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.144 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc46d',
    500: '#c6ac25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac25;
$custom-light: #dcc46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.311,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC25

secondary

#7786CF

accent

#59EB3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF7EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC25

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

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