#D6B242#D6B242

#D6B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B242
RGB	rgb(214, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 1.19, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 59.68, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.002 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.134 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6377, 46.5329, 11.7838)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B242 #4266D6

analogous

#D66842 #D6B242 #B0D642

triadic

#D6B242 #42D6B2 #B242D6

tetradic

#D6B242 #42D668 #4266D6 #D642B0

square

#D6B242 #42D668 #4266D6 #D642B0

split-complementary

#D6B242 #42B0D6 #6842D6

monochromatic

#82691C #B49227 #D6B242 #E1C674 #ECDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D6B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#D6B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B242

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B242	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c87c',
    500: '#d6b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b242;
$custom-light: #e7c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77543,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B242

secondary

#9BAAD9

accent

#69E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B242

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

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