#C6AF39#C6AF39

#C6AF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF39
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -4.60, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 60.58, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0186 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.136 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3591, 42.9631, 10.0896)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF39 #3950C6

analogous

#C66939 #C6AF39 #96C639

triadic

#C6AF39 #39C6AF #AF39C6

tetradic

#C6AF39 #39C669 #3950C6 #C63996

square

#C6AF39 #39C669 #3950C6 #C63996

split-complementary

#C6AF39 #3996C6 #6939C6

monochromatic

#675B1E #96852B #C6AF39 #D4C269 #E1D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C6AF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C6AF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF39

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF39	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc677',
    500: '#c6af39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af39;
$custom-light: #dbc677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75303,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF39

secondary

#8E98CD

accent

#62DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF39

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

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