#C6AD2B#C6AD2B

#C6AD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AD2B
RGB	rgb(198, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 78.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -4.15, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 64.96, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0188 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6704, 42.0694, 8.3684)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AD2B #2B44C6

analogous

#C6602B #C6AD2B #91C62B

triadic

#C6AD2B #2BC6AD #AD2BC6

tetradic

#C6AD2B #2BC660 #2B44C6 #C62B91

square

#C6AD2B #2BC660 #2B44C6 #C62B91

split-complementary

#C6AD2B #2B91C6 #602BC6

monochromatic

#615515 #948120 #C6AD2B #DAC454 #E5D687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C6AD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C6AD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AD2B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AD2B	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)

#BFA90A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc56f',
    500: '#c6ad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ad2b;
$custom-light: #dcc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74793,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AD2B

secondary

#7F8BCE

accent

#5BE740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AD2B

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

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