#C6AC3F#C6AC3F

#C6AC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC3F
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 68.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -2.71, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 57.30, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0125 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9403, 41.8717, 10.7326)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC3F #3F59C6

analogous

#C6683F #C6AC3F #9DC63F

triadic

#C6AC3F #3FC6AC #AC3FC6

tetradic

#C6AC3F #3FC668 #3F59C6 #C63F9D

square

#C6AC3F #3FC668 #3F59C6 #C63F9D

split-complementary

#C6AC3F #3F9DC6 #683FC6

monochromatic

#6B5C20 #9A852E #C6AC3F #D4C06E #E2D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C6AC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#C6AC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC3F

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC3F	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)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc47a',
    500: '#c6ac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac3f;
$custom-light: #dbc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74725,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC3F

secondary

#939ECE

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC3F

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

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