#C6AE3D#C6AE3D

#C6AE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE3D
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -3.87, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 58.71, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0161 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(39.2689, 42.6168, 10.5714)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE3D #3D55C6

analogous

#C6693D #C6AE3D #99C63D

triadic

#C6AE3D #3DC6AE #AE3DC6

tetradic

#C6AE3D #3DC669 #3D55C6 #C63D99

square

#C6AE3D #3DC669 #3D55C6 #C63D99

split-complementary

#C6AE3D #3D99C6 #693DC6

monochromatic

#6A5D1F #99862D #C6AE3D #D4C26C #E2D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C6AE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C6AE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE3D

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE3D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc579',
    500: '#c6ae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae3d;
$custom-light: #dbc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75125,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.42615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE3D

secondary

#919CCE

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE3D

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

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