#D6C448#D6C448

#D6C448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C448
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 66.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -7.84, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 62.57, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0271 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.142 101)
XYZ	xyz(48.6433, 54.2460, 14.0379)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C448 #485AD6

analogous

#D67D48 #D6C448 #A1D648

triadic

#D6C448 #48D6C4 #C448D6

tetradic

#D6C448 #48D67D #485AD6 #D648A1

square

#D6C448 #48D67D #485AD6 #D648A1

split-complementary

#D6C448 #48A1D6 #7D48D6

monochromatic

#86791E #B8A629 #D6C448 #E1D47A #ECE4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D6C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C448

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C448	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d581',
    500: '#d6c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c448;
$custom-light: #e6d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81289,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.54244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C448

secondary

#36418C

accent

#56E641

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C448

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

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