#D6C43B#D6C43B

#D6C43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.151 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C43B
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -8.50, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 67.51, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0304 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.151 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2631, 54.0939, 12.0358)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C43B #3B4DD6

analogous

#D6763B #D6C43B #9AD63B

triadic

#D6C43B #3BD6C4 #C43BD6

tetradic

#D6C43B #3BD676 #3B4DD6 #D63B9A

square

#D6C43B #3BD676 #3B4DD6 #D63B9A

split-complementary

#D6C43B #3B9AD6 #763BD6

monochromatic

#7D711A #AF9F25 #D6C43B #E1D36E #EBE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D6C43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#D6C43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C43B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C43B	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.151 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d57a',
    500: '#d6c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c43b;
$custom-light: #e7d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C43B

secondary

#313B84

accent

#53E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C43B

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

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