#C6AC37#C6AC37

#C6AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC37
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -3.12, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 60.47, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0146 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.135 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7328, 41.7887, 9.6396)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC37 #3751C6

analogous

#C66537 #C6AC37 #99C637

triadic

#C6AC37 #37C6AC #AC37C6

tetradic

#C6AC37 #37C665 #3751C6 #C63799

square

#C6AC37 #37C665 #3751C6 #C63799

split-complementary

#C6AC37 #3799C6 #6537C6

monochromatic

#66591C #96822A #C6AC37 #D4C066 #E2D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C6AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C6AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC37

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC37	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc475',
    500: '#c6ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac37;
$custom-light: #dbc475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74661,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC37

secondary

#8C98CD

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC37

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

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