#C6AC34#C6AC34

#C6AC34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC34
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 52)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 73.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -3.26, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 61.59, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0153 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.137 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6630, 41.7608, 9.2723)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC34 #344EC6

analogous

#C66334 #C6AC34 #97C634

triadic

#C6AC34 #34C6AC #AC34C6

tetradic

#C6AC34 #34C663 #344EC6 #C63497

square

#C6AC34 #34C663 #344EC6 #C63497

split-complementary

#C6AC34 #3497C6 #6334C6

monochromatic

#65581B #968227 #C6AC34 #D6C162 #E2D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C6AC34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#C6AC34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC34

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC34	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc474',
    500: '#c6ac34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac34;
$custom-light: #dbc474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7464,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC34

secondary

#8995CD

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC34

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

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