#D6C449#D6C449

#D6C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C449
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -7.78, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 62.16, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0268 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6761, 54.2591, 14.2111)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C449 #495BD6

analogous

#D67E49 #D6C449 #A2D649

triadic

#D6C449 #49D6C4 #C449D6

tetradic

#D6C449 #49D67E #495BD6 #D649A2

square

#D6C449 #49D67E #495BD6 #D649A2

split-complementary

#D6C449 #49A2D6 #7E49D6

monochromatic

#86791E #B8A62A #D6C449 #E1D47B #EDE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D6C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C449

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C449	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)

#D6BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d582',
    500: '#d6c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c449;
$custom-light: #e6d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81297,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C449

secondary

#36418D

accent

#57E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C449

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

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