#D6C249#D6C249

#D6C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C249
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -6.75, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 61.50, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0239 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2280, 53.3629, 14.0617)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C249 #495DD6

analogous

#D67C49 #D6C249 #A4D649

triadic

#D6C249 #49D6C2 #C249D6

tetradic

#D6C249 #49D67C #495DD6 #D649A4

square

#D6C249 #49D67C #495DD6 #D649A4

split-complementary

#D6C249 #49A4D6 #7C49D6

monochromatic

#86781E #B8A42A #D6C249 #E1D37B #EDE3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D6C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#D6C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C249

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C249	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d482',
    500: '#d6c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c249;
$custom-light: #e6d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80882,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C249

secondary

#36438D

accent

#59E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C249

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

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