#D6B549#D6B549

#D6B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.131 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B549
RGB	rgb(214, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 0.00, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 57.57, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0045 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.131 92)
XYZ	xyz(45.4603, 47.8275, 13.1392)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B549 #496AD6

analogous

#D66F49 #D6B549 #B1D649

triadic

#D6B549 #49D6B5 #B549D6

tetradic

#D6B549 #49D66F #496AD6 #D649B1

square

#D6B549 #49D66F #496AD6 #D649B1

split-complementary

#D6B549 #49B1D6 #6F49D6

monochromatic

#866E1E #B8972A #D6B549 #E1C97B #EDDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D6B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#D6B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B549

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B549	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.131 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca81',
    500: '#d6b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b549;
$custom-light: #e6ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78213,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.47825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B549

secondary

#A0AEDA

accent

#68E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B549

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

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