#C6AE3E#C6AE3E

#C6AE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE3E
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -3.82, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 58.31, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0158 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2961, 42.6276, 10.7146)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE3E #3E56C6

analogous

#C66A3E #C6AE3E #9AC63E

triadic

#C6AE3E #3EC6AE #AE3EC6

tetradic

#C6AE3E #3EC66A #3E56C6 #C63E9A

square

#C6AE3E #3EC66A #3E56C6 #C63E9A

split-complementary

#C6AE3E #3E9AC6 #6A3EC6

monochromatic

#6A5D1F #99862D #C6AE3E #D4C26D #E2D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C6AE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C6AE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE3E

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE3E	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc579',
    500: '#c6ae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae3e;
$custom-light: #dbc579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75134,
    "c": 0.13141,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE3E

secondary

#929CCE

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE3E

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

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