#C6AF3A#C6AF3A

#C6AF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF3A
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 70.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -4.55, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 60.20, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0184 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.135 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3843, 42.9732, 10.2223)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF3A #3A51C6

analogous

#C6693A #C6AF3A #97C63A

triadic

#C6AF3A #3AC6AF #AF3AC6

tetradic

#C6AF3A #3AC669 #3A51C6 #C63A97

square

#C6AF3A #3AC669 #3A51C6 #C63A97

split-complementary

#C6AF3A #3A97C6 #693AC6

monochromatic

#685C1E #97852C #C6AF3A #D4C269 #E1D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C6AF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C6AF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF3A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF3A	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)

#C0AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc677',
    500: '#c6af3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af3a;
$custom-light: #dbc677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF3A

secondary

#8F99CD

accent

#62DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF3A

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

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