#C6AC45#C6AC45

#C6AC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.125 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC45
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -2.36, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 54.77, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0108 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.125 95)
XYZ	xyz(39.1172, 41.9425, 11.6644)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC45 #455FC6

analogous

#C66C45 #C6AC45 #9FC645

triadic

#C6AC45 #45C6AC #AC45C6

tetradic

#C6AC45 #45C66C #455FC6 #C6459F

square

#C6AC45 #45C66C #455FC6 #C6459F

split-complementary

#C6AC45 #459FC6 #6C45C6

monochromatic

#6F5F22 #9E8830 #C6AC45 #D4C174 #E3D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C6AC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#C6AC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC45

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC45	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.125 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc47d',
    500: '#c6ac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac45;
$custom-light: #dbc47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7478,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.4194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC45

secondary

#97A3CF

accent

#69DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC45

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

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