#C6AF25#C6AF25

#C6AF25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.146 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF25
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -5.41, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 67.32, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0228 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.146 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.9546, 42.8013, 7.9595)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF25 #253CC6

analogous

#C65F25 #C6AF25 #8CC625

triadic

#C6AF25 #25C6AF #AF25C6

tetradic

#C6AF25 #25C65F #253CC6 #C6258C

square

#C6AF25 #25C65F #253CC6 #C6258C

split-complementary

#C6AF25 #258CC6 #5F25C6

monochromatic

#5F5412 #92811B #C6AF25 #DDC84B #E7D87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C6AF25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#C6AF25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF25

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF25	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.146 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc66d',
    500: '#c6af25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af25;
$custom-light: #dcc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75181,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.42799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF25

secondary

#7784CF

accent

#55EB3C

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FCF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF25

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

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