#C6AE39#C6AE39

#C6AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE39
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -4.08, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 60.29, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0171 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.135 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1652, 42.5753, 10.0250)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE39 #3951C6

analogous

#C66739 #C6AE39 #98C639

triadic

#C6AE39 #39C6AE #AE39C6

tetradic

#C6AE39 #39C667 #3951C6 #C63998

square

#C6AE39 #39C667 #3951C6 #C63998

split-complementary

#C6AE39 #3998C6 #6739C6

monochromatic

#675A1E #96842B #C6AE39 #D4C169 #E1D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C6AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C6AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE39

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE39	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)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc577',
    500: '#c6ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae39;
$custom-light: #dbc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75094,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE39

secondary

#8E99CD

accent

#63DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE39

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

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