#D6B442#D6B442

#D6B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.135 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B442
RGB	rgb(214, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 0.14, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 60.20, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.005 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.135 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0385, 47.3346, 11.9174)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B442 #4264D6

analogous

#D66A42 #D6B442 #AED642

triadic

#D6B442 #42D6B4 #B442D6

tetradic

#D6B442 #42D66A #4264D6 #D642AE

square

#D6B442 #42D66A #4264D6 #D642AE

split-complementary

#D6B442 #42AED6 #6A42D6

monochromatic

#826A1C #B49327 #D6B442 #E1C874 #ECDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D6B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#D6B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B442

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B442	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.135 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca7c',
    500: '#d6b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b442;
$custom-light: #e6ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77948,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B442

secondary

#9BA9D9

accent

#67E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B442

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

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