#D6C36D#D6C36D

#D6C36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.109 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C36D
RGB	rgb(214, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -4.60, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 45.58, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0136 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.109 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0085, 54.4324, 22.3373)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C36D #6D80D6

analogous

#D68E6D #D6C36D #B4D66D

triadic

#D6C36D #6DD6C3 #C36DD6

tetradic

#D6C36D #6DD68E #6D80D6 #D66DB4

square

#D6C36D #6DD68E #6D80D6 #D66DB4

split-complementary

#D6C36D #6DB4D6 #8E6DD6

monochromatic

#9D882C #C9AF3D #D6C36D #E3D79D #F1EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#D6C36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C36D

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C36D	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.109 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d498',
    500: '#d6c36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c36d;
$custom-light: #e5d498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.143,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81493,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C36D

secondary

#4657A1

accent

#3FC422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C36D

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

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