#D6C23B#D6C23B

#D6C23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.149 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C23B
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -7.48, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 66.89, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0275 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.149 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8150, 53.1977, 11.8864)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C23B #3B4FD6

analogous

#D6743B #D6C23B #9CD63B

triadic

#D6C23B #3BD6C2 #C23BD6

tetradic

#D6C23B #3BD674 #3B4FD6 #D63B9C

square

#D6C23B #3BD674 #3B4FD6 #D63B9C

split-complementary

#D6C23B #3B9CD6 #743BD6

monochromatic

#7D701A #AF9D25 #D6C23B #E1D26E #EBE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D6C23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#D6C23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C23B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C23B	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.149 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d47a',
    500: '#d6c23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c23b;
$custom-light: #e7d47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80773,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C23B

secondary

#313C84

accent

#55E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C23B

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

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