#C6AD3B#C6AD3B

#C6AD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.133 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AD3B
RGB	rgb(198, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 70.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -3.45, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 59.21, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0151 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.133 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0236, 42.2107, 10.2288)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AD3B #3B54C6

analogous

#C6683B #C6AD3B #99C63B

triadic

#C6AD3B #3BC6AD #AD3BC6

tetradic

#C6AD3B #3BC668 #3B54C6 #C63B99

square

#C6AD3B #3BC668 #3B54C6 #C63B99

split-complementary

#C6AD3B #3B99C6 #683BC6

monochromatic

#685B1E #98842C #C6AD3B #D4C16A #E2D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C6AD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C6AD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AD3B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AD3B	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.133 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc578',
    500: '#c6ad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ad3b;
$custom-light: #dbc578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74901,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AD3B

secondary

#8F9BCD

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AD3B

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

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