#D6C24A#D6C24A

#D6C24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C24A
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -6.70, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 61.09, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0236 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2614, 53.3763, 14.2378)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C24A #4A5ED6

analogous

#D67C4A #D6C24A #A4D64A

triadic

#D6C24A #4AD6C2 #C24AD6

tetradic

#D6C24A #4AD67C #4A5ED6 #D64AA4

square

#D6C24A #4AD67C #4A5ED6 #D64AA4

split-complementary

#D6C24A #4AA4D6 #7C4AD6

monochromatic

#87781F #B9A42A #D6C24A #E1D37C #EDE4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D6C24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#D6C24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C24A

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C24A	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)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d482',
    500: '#d6c24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c24a;
$custom-light: #e6d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8089,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C24A

secondary

#37438D

accent

#59E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C24A

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

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