#D6B142#D6B142

#D6B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.133 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B142
RGB	rgb(214, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, 1.72, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 59.43, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0004 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.133 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4395, 46.1364, 11.7177)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B142 #4267D6

analogous

#D66742 #D6B142 #B1D642

triadic

#D6B142 #42D6B1 #B142D6

tetradic

#D6B142 #42D667 #4267D6 #D642B1

square

#D6B142 #42D667 #4267D6 #D642B1

split-complementary

#D6B142 #42B1D6 #6742D6

monochromatic

#82681C #B49127 #D6B142 #E1C674 #ECDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#D6B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#D6B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B142

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B142	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.133 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c87c',
    500: '#d6b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b142;
$custom-light: #e7c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77341,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B142

secondary

#9BAAD9

accent

#6AE740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B142

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

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