#C6AF4E#C6AF4E

#C6AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.120 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6AF4E
RGB	rgb(198, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -3.35, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 51.73, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0126 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.12 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.9955, 43.2176, 13.4414)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6AF4E #4E65C6

analogous

#C6734E #C6AF4E #A1C64E

triadic

#C6AF4E #4EC6AF #AF4EC6

tetradic

#C6AF4E #4EC673 #4E65C6 #C64EA1

square

#C6AF4E #4EC673 #4E65C6 #C64EA1

split-complementary

#C6AF4E #4EA1C6 #734EC6

monochromatic

#746525 #A28D34 #C6AF4E #D5C47C #E4D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C6AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C6AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6AF4E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6AF4E	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.120 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac683',
    500: '#c6af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6af4e;
$custom-light: #dac683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.43216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6AF4E

secondary

#9EA8D1

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6AF4E

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

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