#D6C44A#D6C44A

#D6C44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C44A
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -7.72, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 61.76, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0266 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7096, 54.2725, 14.3871)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C44A #4A5CD6

analogous

#D67E4A #D6C44A #A2D64A

triadic

#D6C44A #4AD6C4 #C44AD6

tetradic

#D6C44A #4AD67E #4A5CD6 #D64AA2

square

#D6C44A #4AD67E #4A5CD6 #D64AA2

split-complementary

#D6C44A #4AA2D6 #7E4AD6

monochromatic

#877A1F #B9A72A #D6C44A #E1D47C #EDE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D6C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C44A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C44A	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)

#D6BE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d582',
    500: '#d6c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c44a;
$custom-light: #e6d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81306,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C44A

secondary

#37428D

accent

#57E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C44A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →