#D6B449#D6B449

#D6B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.130 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B449
RGB	rgb(214, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, 0.53, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 57.30, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.003 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.13 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2577, 47.4223, 13.0716)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B449 #496BD6

analogous

#D66E49 #D6B449 #B2D649

triadic

#D6B449 #49D6B4 #B449D6

tetradic

#D6B449 #49D66E #496BD6 #D649B2

square

#D6B449 #49D66E #496BD6 #D649B2

split-complementary

#D6B449 #49B2D6 #6E49D6

monochromatic

#866D1E #B8962A #D6B449 #E1C97B #EDDDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D6B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#D6B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B449

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B449	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)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.130 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca81',
    500: '#d6b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b449;
$custom-light: #e6ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B449

secondary

#A0AEDA

accent

#69E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B449

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

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