#C6AE4C#C6AE4C

#C6AE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.121 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE4C
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 61.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -2.96, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 52.31, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0117 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.121 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7310, 42.8016, 13.0048)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE4C #4C64C6

analogous

#C6714C #C6AE4C #A1C64C

triadic

#C6AE4C #4CC6AE #AE4CC6

tetradic

#C6AE4C #4CC671 #4C64C6 #C64CA1

square

#C6AE4C #4CC671 #4C64C6 #C64CA1

split-complementary

#C6AE4C #4CA1C6 #714CC6

monochromatic

#736425 #A18C33 #C6AE4C #D5C37A #E4D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C6AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C6AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE4C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE4C	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.121 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac582',
    500: '#c6ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae4c;
$custom-light: #dac582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE4C

secondary

#9DA7D1

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE4C

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

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