#D6B448#D6B448
#D6B448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.131 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D6B448 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(214, 180, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 63%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 66%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.4%, 16.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.45, 0.47, 57.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.45, 57.73, 89.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78% -0.0033 0.1306) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78% 0.131 91.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.2248, 47.4091, 12.8984) |
| Luminance | 0.4741 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.90
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.47
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 4.64
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 4.87
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.87
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D6B448 #486AD6
analogous
#D66D48 #D6B448 #B1D648
triadic
#D6B448 #48D6B4 #B448D6
tetradic
#D6B448 #48D66D #486AD6 #D648B1
square
#D6B448 #48D66D #486AD6 #D648B1
split-complementary
#D6B448 #48B1D6 #6D48D6
monochromatic
#866D1E #B89629 #D6B448 #E1C87A #ECDDAC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.00
#D6B448 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.48
#D6B448 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D6B448
10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D6B448 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D6B448 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 10.48 | 10.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B13B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBB4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E7A69D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d6b448; /* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 180, 72); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.131 91.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e6ca80',
500: '#d6b448',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d6b448; $custom-light: #e6ca80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d6b448",
"rgb": {
"r": 214,
"g": 180,
"b": 72
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.634,
"s": 63.393,
"l": 56.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78001,
"c": 0.13066,
"h": 91.5
},
"luminance": 0.47407
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D6B448
secondary
#A0AEDA
accent
#69E641
background
#FEFCF8
surface
#FDF8EF
border
#D5D1CA
text
#16130A
muted
#84827C