#D6B542#D6B542

#D6B542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.136 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B542
RGB	rgb(214, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -0.39, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 60.46, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0065 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.136 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2411, 47.7398, 11.9850)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B542 #4263D6

analogous

#D66B42 #D6B542 #ADD642

triadic

#D6B542 #42D6B5 #B542D6

tetradic

#D6B542 #42D66B #4263D6 #D642AD

square

#D6B542 #42D66B #4263D6 #D642AD

split-complementary

#D6B542 #42ADD6 #6B42D6

monochromatic

#826B1C #B49427 #D6B542 #E1C974 #ECDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D6B542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#D6B542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B542

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B542	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.136 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca7d',
    500: '#d6b542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b542;
$custom-light: #e6ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78151,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B542

secondary

#9BA9D9

accent

#66E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B542

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

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