#D6B649#D6B649

#D6B649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.131 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B649
RGB	rgb(214, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -0.52, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 57.85, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0061 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.131 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6644, 48.2356, 13.2072)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B649 #4969D6

analogous

#D67049 #D6B649 #B0D649

triadic

#D6B649 #49D6B6 #B649D6

tetradic

#D6B649 #49D670 #4969D6 #D649B0

square

#D6B649 #49D670 #4969D6 #D649B0

split-complementary

#D6B649 #49B0D6 #7049D6

monochromatic

#866F1E #B8982A #D6B649 #E1CA7B #EDDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D6B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D6B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B649

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B649	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.131 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cb81',
    500: '#d6b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b649;
$custom-light: #e6cb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78416,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B649

secondary

#A0AEDA

accent

#67E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B649

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

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