#c6af48

Color #c6af48

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 15.91 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c6af48

RGB

rgb(198, 175, 72)

HSL

hsl(49, 52.5%, 52.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49, 63.6%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 63.6%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(71.65, -3.75, 54.28)

LCH

lch(71.65, 54.41, 93.95)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1246, 96.68)

HWB

hwb(49, 28.2%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#485fc6

Analogous

#c67048

#c6af48

#9ec648

Triadic

#c6af48

#48c6af

#af48c6

Split-complementary

#c6af48

#489ec6

#7048c6

Tetradic

#c6af48

#5fc648

#485fc6

#af48c6

Square

#c6af48

#48c670

#485fc6

#c6489e

Shades

Color #c6af48 mixed toward black.

#ab9635

#89782b

#675a20

#453c15

#221e0b

Tints

Color #c6af48 mixed toward white.

#cfbc66

#d9ca85

#e2d7a3

#ece4c2

#f5f2e0

Tones

Color #c6af48 mixed toward gray.

#bba852

#b1a25d

#a69b67

#9c9472

#918e7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbc6d · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#bebf74 · ΔE 9

Tritanopia

#c58286 · ΔE 36.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c6af48;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c6af48]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Goldenrod #daa520

Frequently asked questions

#c6af48 (#c6af48) is rgb(198, 175, 72) in RGB.

No, #c6af48 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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