#C6AD35#C6AD35

#C6AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AD35
RGB	rgb(198, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -3.74, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 61.50, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0166 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.137 97)
XYZ	xyz(38.8768, 42.1520, 9.4559)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AD35 #354EC6

analogous

#C66535 #C6AD35 #97C635

triadic

#C6AD35 #35C6AD #AD35C6

tetradic

#C6AD35 #35C665 #354EC6 #C63597

square

#C6AD35 #35C665 #354EC6 #C63597

split-complementary

#C6AD35 #3597C6 #6535C6

monochromatic

#65591B #968328 #C6AD35 #D5C263 #E2D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C6AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C6AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AD35

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AD35	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc574',
    500: '#c6ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ad35;
$custom-light: #dbc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74856,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.4215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AD35

secondary

#8A95CD

accent

#61E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AD35

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

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