#D6B349#D6B349

#D6B349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.129 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B349
RGB	rgb(214, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, 1.06, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 57.04, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0015 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.129 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0566, 47.0200, 13.0046)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B349 #496CD6

analogous

#D66D49 #D6B349 #B3D649

triadic

#D6B349 #49D6B3 #B349D6

tetradic

#D6B349 #49D66D #496CD6 #D649B3

square

#D6B349 #49D66D #496CD6 #D649B3

split-complementary

#D6B349 #49B3D6 #6D49D6

monochromatic

#866D1E #B8952A #D6B349 #E1C87B #EDDDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D6B349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#D6B349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B349

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B349	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.129 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c981',
    500: '#d6b349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b349;
$custom-light: #e6c981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77808,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B349

secondary

#A0AFDA

accent

#6AE642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B349

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

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