#D6C149#D6C149

#D6C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C149
RGB	rgb(214, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -6.24, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 61.17, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0224 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0062, 52.9193, 13.9878)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C149 #495ED6

analogous

#D67B49 #D6C149 #A5D649

triadic

#D6C149 #49D6C1 #C149D6

tetradic

#D6C149 #49D67B #495ED6 #D649A5

square

#D6C149 #49D67B #495ED6 #D649A5

split-complementary

#D6C149 #49A5D6 #7B49D6

monochromatic

#86771E #B8A32A #D6C149 #E1D27B #EDE3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D6C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#D6C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C149

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C149	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d382',
    500: '#d6c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c149;
$custom-light: #e6d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80674,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C149

secondary

#36438D

accent

#5AE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C149

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

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