#D6C16D#D6C16D

#D6C16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.107 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C16D
RGB	rgb(214, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 49.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -3.56, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 44.85, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0107 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.107 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5634, 53.5422, 22.1890)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C16D #6D82D6

analogous

#D68C6D #D6C16D #B6D66D

triadic

#D6C16D #6DD6C1 #C16DD6

tetradic

#D6C16D #6DD68C #6D82D6 #D66DB6

square

#D6C16D #6DD68C #6D82D6 #D66DB6

split-complementary

#D6C16D #6DB6D6 #8C6DD6

monochromatic

#9D862C #C9AD3D #D6C16D #E3D59D #F1EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D6C16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#D6C16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C16D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C16D	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.107 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d398',
    500: '#d6c16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c16d;
$custom-light: #e5d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81083,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C16D

secondary

#4658A1

accent

#42C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C16D

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

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