#D6C262#D6C262

#D6C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.119 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C262
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 54.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -5.02, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 50.46, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0161 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.119 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2297, 53.7636, 19.3372)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C262 #6276D6

analogous

#D68862 #D6C262 #B0D662

triadic

#D6C262 #62D6C2 #C262D6

tetradic

#D6C262 #62D688 #6276D6 #D662B0

square

#D6C262 #62D688 #6276D6 #D662B0

split-complementary

#D6C262 #62B0D6 #8862D6

monochromatic

#968327 #C7AE34 #D6C262 #E3D593 #EFE8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D6C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#D6C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C262

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C262	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.119 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d491',
    500: '#d6c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c262;
$custom-light: #e5d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81143,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C262

secondary

#41519B

accent

#3CC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C262

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

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