#C6AE36#C6AE36

#C6AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE36
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -4.22, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 61.42, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0179 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0926, 42.5462, 9.6424)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE36 #364EC6

analogous

#C66636 #C6AE36 #96C636

triadic

#C6AE36 #36C6AE #AE36C6

tetradic

#C6AE36 #36C666 #364EC6 #C63696

square

#C6AE36 #36C666 #364EC6 #C63696

split-complementary

#C6AE36 #3696C6 #6636C6

monochromatic

#66591C #968429 #C6AE36 #D5C264 #E2D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C6AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C6AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE36

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE36	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)

#BFAA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc575',
    500: '#c6ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae36;
$custom-light: #dbc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75072,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE36

secondary

#8B96CD

accent

#61E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE36

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

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