#C6AE25#C6AE25

#C6AE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.146 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE25
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -4.88, 66.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 67.05, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0213 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.146 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7607, 42.4135, 7.8949)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE25 #253DC6

analogous

#C65D25 #C6AE25 #8DC625

triadic

#C6AE25 #25C6AE #AE25C6

tetradic

#C6AE25 #25C65D #253DC6 #C6258D

square

#C6AE25 #25C65D #253DC6 #C6258D

split-complementary

#C6AE25 #258DC6 #5D25C6

monochromatic

#5F5312 #92811B #C6AE25 #DDC84B #E7D77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C6AE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C6AE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE25

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE25	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.146 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc56d',
    500: '#c6ae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae25;
$custom-light: #dcc56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.056,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74971,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE25

secondary

#7785CF

accent

#57EB3C

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FCF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE25

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

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