#C6AC3C#C6AC3C

#C6AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC3C
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 69.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -2.87, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 58.52, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0133 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8588, 41.8391, 10.3030)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC3C #3C56C6

analogous

#C6673C #C6AC3C #9BC63C

triadic

#C6AC3C #3CC6AC #AC3CC6

tetradic

#C6AC3C #3CC667 #3C56C6 #C63C9B

square

#C6AC3C #3CC667 #3C56C6 #C63C9B

split-complementary

#C6AC3C #3C9BC6 #673CC6

monochromatic

#695B1F #98842D #C6AC3C #D4C06B #E2D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C6AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C6AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC3C

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC3C	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc478',
    500: '#c6ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac3c;
$custom-light: #dbc478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC3C

secondary

#909CCE

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC3C

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

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