#C6AE40#C6AE40

#C6AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE40
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -3.71, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 57.49, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0153 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3520, 42.6500, 11.0090)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE40 #4058C6

analogous

#C66B40 #C6AE40 #9BC640

triadic

#C6AE40 #40C6AE #AE40C6

tetradic

#C6AE40 #40C66B #4058C6 #C6409B

square

#C6AE40 #40C66B #4058C6 #C6409B

split-complementary

#C6AE40 #409BC6 #6B40C6

monochromatic

#6C5E20 #9B872E #C6AE40 #D4C26F #E2D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C6AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C6AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE40

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE40	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)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc57b',
    500: '#c6ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae40;
$custom-light: #dbc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75151,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE40

secondary

#939ECE

accent

#65DD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE40

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

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