#C6AE35#C6AE35

#C6AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE35
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -4.27, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 61.79, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0181 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0693, 42.5369, 9.5200)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE35 #354DC6

analogous

#C66635 #C6AE35 #96C635

triadic

#C6AE35 #35C6AE #AE35C6

tetradic

#C6AE35 #35C666 #354DC6 #C63596

square

#C6AE35 #35C666 #354DC6 #C63596

split-complementary

#C6AE35 #3596C6 #6635C6

monochromatic

#65591B #968428 #C6AE35 #D5C263 #E2D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C6AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C6AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE35

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE35	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc574',
    500: '#c6ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae35;
$custom-light: #dbc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75065,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE35

secondary

#8A95CD

accent

#60E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE35

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

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