#C6AF43#C6AF43

#C6AF43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF43
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 67)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -4.06, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 56.55, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0159 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6336, 43.0729, 11.5354)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF43 #435AC6

analogous

#C66E43 #C6AF43 #9BC643

triadic

#C6AF43 #43C6AF #AF43C6

tetradic

#C6AF43 #43C66E #435AC6 #C6439B

square

#C6AF43 #43C66E #435AC6 #C6439B

split-complementary

#C6AF43 #439BC6 #6E43C6

monochromatic

#6D6021 #9C892F #C6AF43 #D4C372 #E2D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C6AF43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C6AF43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF43

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF43	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc67c',
    500: '#c6af43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af43;
$custom-light: #dbc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75386,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF43

secondary

#96A0CF

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF43

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

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