#D6AE35#D6AE35

#D6AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.140 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6AE35
RGB	rgb(214, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 75.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, 2.69, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 63.71, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0009 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.14 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5128, 44.8281, 9.7283)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6AE35 #355DD6

analogous

#D65D35 #D6AE35 #AED635

triadic

#D6AE35 #35D6AE #AE35D6

tetradic

#D6AE35 #35D65D #355DD6 #D635AE

square

#D6AE35 #35D65D #355DD6 #D635AE

split-complementary

#D6AE35 #35AED6 #5D35D6

monochromatic

#786018 #AB8923 #D6AE35 #E0C268 #EBD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D6AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#D6AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6AE35

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6AE35	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)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.140 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c575',
    500: '#d6ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ae35;
$custom-light: #e7c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76638,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6AE35

secondary

#90A2D6

accent

#69E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6AE35

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

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