#C6AF35#C6AF35

#C6AF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF35
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -4.79, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 62.09, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0196 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2632, 42.9247, 9.5847)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF35 #354CC6

analogous

#C66735 #C6AF35 #95C635

triadic

#C6AF35 #35C6AF #AF35C6

tetradic

#C6AF35 #35C667 #354CC6 #C63595

square

#C6AF35 #35C667 #354CC6 #C63595

split-complementary

#C6AF35 #3595C6 #6735C6

monochromatic

#655A1B #968428 #C6AF35 #D5C363 #E2D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C6AF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C6AF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF35

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF35	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc675',
    500: '#c6af35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af35;
$custom-light: #dbc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75274,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF35

secondary

#8A94CD

accent

#5FE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF35

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

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