#C6AC3D#C6AC3D

#C6AC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC3D
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 69.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -2.82, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 58.12, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0131 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.131 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8854, 41.8498, 10.4436)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC3D #3D57C6

analogous

#C6673D #C6AC3D #9BC63D

triadic

#C6AC3D #3DC6AC #AC3DC6

tetradic

#C6AC3D #3DC667 #3D57C6 #C63D9B

square

#C6AC3D #3DC667 #3D57C6 #C63D9B

split-complementary

#C6AC3D #3D9BC6 #673DC6

monochromatic

#6A5B1F #99842D #C6AC3D #D4C06C #E2D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C6AC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C6AC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC3D

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc479',
    500: '#c6ac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac3d;
$custom-light: #dbc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC3D

secondary

#919DCE

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC3D

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

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