#C6AF3E#C6AF3E

#C6AF3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF3E
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -4.34, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 58.62, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0173 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4900, 43.0155, 10.7792)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF3E #3E55C6

analogous

#C66B3E #C6AF3E #99C63E

triadic

#C6AF3E #3EC6AF #AF3EC6

tetradic

#C6AF3E #3EC66B #3E55C6 #C63E99

square

#C6AF3E #3EC66B #3E55C6 #C63E99

split-complementary

#C6AF3E #3E99C6 #6B3EC6

monochromatic

#6A5E1F #99872D #C6AF3E #D4C36D #E2D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C6AF3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C6AF3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF3E

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF3E	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc679',
    500: '#c6af3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af3e;
$custom-light: #dbc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 54.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF3E

secondary

#929CCE

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF3E

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

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