#C6AF2B#C6AF2B

#C6AF2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.144 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF2B
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 78.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -5.20, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 65.51, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0217 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.144 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0567, 42.8421, 8.4972)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF2B #2B42C6

analogous

#C6622B #C6AF2B #8FC62B

triadic

#C6AF2B #2BC6AF #AF2BC6

tetradic

#C6AF2B #2BC662 #2B42C6 #C62B8F

square

#C6AF2B #2BC662 #2B42C6 #C62B8F

split-complementary

#C6AF2B #2B8FC6 #622BC6

monochromatic

#615615 #948320 #C6AF2B #DAC654 #E5D787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C6AF2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#C6AF2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF2B

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF2B	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#C1AA09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.144 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc670',
    500: '#c6af2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af2b;
$custom-light: #dcc670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF2B

secondary

#7F8ACE

accent

#59E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF2B

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

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