#C6AD41#C6AD41

#C6AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AD41
RGB	rgb(198, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -3.12, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 56.77, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0135 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.129 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.1883, 42.2765, 11.0960)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AD41 #415AC6

analogous

#C66B41 #C6AD41 #9DC641

triadic

#C6AD41 #41C6AD #AD41C6

tetradic

#C6AD41 #41C66B #415AC6 #C6419D

square

#C6AD41 #41C66B #415AC6 #C6419D

split-complementary

#C6AD41 #419DC6 #6B41C6

monochromatic

#6C5E20 #9B872F #C6AD41 #D4C170 #E2D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C6AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C6AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AD41

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AD41	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc57b',
    500: '#c6ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ad41;
$custom-light: #dbc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AD41

secondary

#949FCF

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AD41

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

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