#C6AE4E#C6AE4E

#C6AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AE4E
RGB	rgb(198, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -2.82, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 51.41, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0111 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.119 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8016, 42.8298, 13.3767)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AE4E #4E66C6

analogous

#C6724E #C6AE4E #A2C64E

triadic

#C6AE4E #4EC6AE #AE4EC6

tetradic

#C6AE4E #4EC672 #4E66C6 #C64EA2

square

#C6AE4E #4EC672 #4E66C6 #C64EA2

split-complementary

#C6AE4E #4EA2C6 #724EC6

monochromatic

#746425 #A28C34 #C6AE4E #D5C37C #E4D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C6AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C6AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AE4E

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AE4E	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac583',
    500: '#c6ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6ae4e;
$custom-light: #dac583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AE4E

secondary

#9EA9D1

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AE4E

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

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