#D6B942#D6B942

#D6B942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B942
RGB	rgb(214, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -2.48, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 61.56, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0125 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0662, 49.3899, 12.2600)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B942 #425FD6

analogous

#D66F42 #D6B942 #A9D642

triadic

#D6B942 #42D6B9 #B942D6

tetradic

#D6B942 #42D66F #425FD6 #D642A9

square

#D6B942 #42D66F #425FD6 #D642A9

split-complementary

#D6B942 #42A9D6 #6F42D6

monochromatic

#826E1C #B49827 #D6B942 #E1CC74 #ECDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D6B942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#D6B942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B942

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B942	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cd7d',
    500: '#d6b942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b942;
$custom-light: #e6cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78967,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B942

secondary

#9BA7D9

accent

#61E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B942

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

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