#C6AD25#C6AD25

#C6AD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AD25
RGB	rgb(198, 173, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -4.36, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 66.78, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0199 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5683, 42.0286, 7.8307)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AD25 #253EC6

analogous

#C65C25 #C6AD25 #8EC625

triadic

#C6AD25 #25C6AD #AD25C6

tetradic

#C6AD25 #25C65C #253EC6 #C6258E

square

#C6AD25 #25C65C #253EC6 #C6258E

split-complementary

#C6AD25 #258EC6 #5C25C6

monochromatic

#5F5312 #92801B #C6AD25 #DDC74B #E7D77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C6AD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C6AD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AD25

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AD25	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)

#BFA900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ad25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 173, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc56d',
    500: '#c6ad25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ad25;
$custom-light: #dcc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ad25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.683,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74761,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AD25

secondary

#7785CF

accent

#58EB3C

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FCF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AD25

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

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