#C6AE2B#C6AE2B

#C6AE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.143 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE2B
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 78.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -4.68, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 65.23, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0202 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.143 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8628, 42.4543, 8.4325)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE2B #2B43C6

analogous

#C6612B #C6AE2B #90C62B

triadic

#C6AE2B #2BC6AE #AE2BC6

tetradic

#C6AE2B #2BC661 #2B43C6 #C62B90

square

#C6AE2B #2BC661 #2B43C6 #C62B90

split-complementary

#C6AE2B #2B90C6 #612BC6

monochromatic

#615615 #948220 #C6AE2B #DAC554 #E5D687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C6AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#C6AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE2B

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE2B	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.143 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc570',
    500: '#c6ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae2b;
$custom-light: #dcc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.71,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75002,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE2B

secondary

#7F8BCE

accent

#5AE740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE2B

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

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