#C6AE42#C6AE42

#C6AE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE42
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -3.59, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 56.66, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0147 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.129 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4100, 42.6732, 11.3141)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE42 #425AC6

analogous

#C66C42 #C6AE42 #9CC642

triadic

#C6AE42 #42C6AE #AE42C6

tetradic

#C6AE42 #42C66C #425AC6 #C6429C

square

#C6AE42 #42C66C #425AC6 #C6429C

split-complementary

#C6AE42 #429CC6 #6C42C6

monochromatic

#6D5F21 #9C882F #C6AE42 #D4C271 #E2D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C6AE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#C6AE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE42

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE42	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc57c',
    500: '#c6ae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae42;
$custom-light: #dbc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE42

secondary

#959FCF

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE42

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

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