#C6AE3A#C6AE3A

#C6AE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE3A
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -4.03, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 59.90, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0169 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.134 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1904, 42.5853, 10.1577)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE3A #3A52C6

analogous

#C6683A #C6AE3A #98C63A

triadic

#C6AE3A #3AC6AE #AE3AC6

tetradic

#C6AE3A #3AC668 #3A52C6 #C63A98

square

#C6AE3A #3AC668 #3A52C6 #C63A98

split-complementary

#C6AE3A #3A98C6 #683AC6

monochromatic

#685B1E #97852C #C6AE3A #D4C269 #E1D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C6AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C6AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE3A

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE3A	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc577',
    500: '#c6ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae3a;
$custom-light: #dbc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75102,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE3A

secondary

#8F99CD

accent

#63DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE3A

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

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