#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
RGBrgb(198, 172, 55)
HSLhsl(49, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(49, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.1%, 72.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(70.72, -3.12, 60.39)
CIE-LCHlch(70.72, 60.47, 92.96°)
OKLaboklab(74.66% -0.0146 0.1339)
OKLCHoklch(74.66% 0.135 96.2)
XYZxyz(38.7328, 41.7887, 9.6396)
Luminance0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C6AC371.002.249.369.36
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3621.001.001.00
##0000009.3621.001.001.00

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

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#C6AC37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva