#C6AC4E#C6AC4E

#C6AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AC4E
RGB	rgb(198, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 60.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -1.76, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 50.78, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.008 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.117 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4181, 42.0628, 13.2489)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AC4E #4E68C6

analogous

#C6704E #C6AC4E #A4C64E

triadic

#C6AC4E #4EC6AC #AC4EC6

tetradic

#C6AC4E #4EC670 #4E68C6 #C64EA4

square

#C6AC4E #4EC670 #4E68C6 #C64EA4

split-complementary

#C6AC4E #4EA4C6 #704EC6

monochromatic

#746325 #A28B34 #C6AC4E #D5C27C #E4D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C6AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C6AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AC4E

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AC4E	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac483',
    500: '#c6ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ac4e;
$custom-light: #dac483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74872,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AC4E

secondary

#9EA9D1

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AC4E

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

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