#C6AC3A#C6AC3A

#C6AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC3A
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -2.97, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 59.31, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.0139 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.133 96)
XYZ	xyz(38.8069, 41.8183, 10.0299)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC3A #3A54C6

analogous

#C6663A #C6AC3A #9AC63A

triadic

#C6AC3A #3AC6AC #AC3AC6

tetradic

#C6AC3A #3AC666 #3A54C6 #C63A9A

square

#C6AC3A #3AC666 #3A54C6 #C63A9A

split-complementary

#C6AC3A #3A9AC6 #663AC6

monochromatic

#685A1E #97832C #C6AC3A #D4C069 #E1D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C6AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C6AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC3A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC3A	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)

#BDA829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc477',
    500: '#c6ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac3a;
$custom-light: #dbc477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.41816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC3A

secondary

#8F9ACD

accent

#65DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC3A

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

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