#D6B642#D6B642

#D6B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B642
RGB	rgb(214, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -0.91, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 60.73, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.008 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.136 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4452, 48.1479, 12.0530)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B642 #4262D6

analogous

#D66C42 #D6B642 #ACD642

triadic

#D6B642 #42D6B6 #B642D6

tetradic

#D6B642 #42D66C #4262D6 #D642AC

square

#D6B642 #42D66C #4262D6 #D642AC

split-complementary

#D6B642 #42ACD6 #6C42D6

monochromatic

#826C1C #B49527 #D6B642 #E1C974 #ECDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D6B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#D6B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B642

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B642	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cb7d',
    500: '#d6b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b642;
$custom-light: #e6cb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78355,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B642

secondary

#9BA8D9

accent

#65E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B642

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

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