#D6AE33#D6AE33

#D6AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.141 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6AE33
RGB	rgb(214, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 76.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 2.61, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 64.42, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0004 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.141 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4677, 44.8101, 9.4911)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6AE33 #335BD6

analogous

#D65D33 #D6AE33 #ADD633

triadic

#D6AE33 #33D6AE #AE33D6

tetradic

#D6AE33 #33D65D #335BD6 #D633AD

square

#D6AE33 #33D65D #335BD6 #D633AD

split-complementary

#D6AE33 #33ADD6 #5D33D6

monochromatic

#775F18 #AA8822 #D6AE33 #E0C266 #EAD699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D6AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#D6AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6AE33

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6AE33	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.141 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c574',
    500: '#d6ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ae33;
$custom-light: #e7c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 66.531,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76625,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6AE33

secondary

#8FA0D6

accent

#68E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6AE33

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

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