#D6C349#D6C349

#D6C349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C349
RGB	rgb(214, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -7.27, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 61.83, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0254 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4513, 53.8095, 14.1362)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C349 #495CD6

analogous

#D67D49 #D6C349 #A3D649

triadic

#D6C349 #49D6C3 #C349D6

tetradic

#D6C349 #49D67D #495CD6 #D649A3

square

#D6C349 #49D67D #495CD6 #D649A3

split-complementary

#D6C349 #49A3D6 #7D49D6

monochromatic

#86781E #B8A52A #D6C349 #E1D37B #EDE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D6C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#D6C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C349

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C349	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d482',
    500: '#d6c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c349;
$custom-light: #e6d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81089,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C349

secondary

#36428D

accent

#58E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C349

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

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