#D6C44B#D6C44B

#D6C44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C44B
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 65%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -7.66, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 61.34, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0263 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7435, 54.2861, 14.5660)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C44B #4B5DD6

analogous

#D67F4B #D6C44B #A3D64B

triadic

#D6C44B #4BD6C4 #C44BD6

tetradic

#D6C44B #4BD67F #4B5DD6 #D64BA3

square

#D6C44B #4BD67F #4B5DD6 #D64BA3

split-complementary

#D6C44B #4BA3D6 #7F4BD6

monochromatic

#887A1F #BAA72A #D6C44B #E1D47D #EDE5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#D6C44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C44B

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C44B	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d583',
    500: '#d6c44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c44b;
$custom-light: #e6d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81315,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C44B

secondary

#37428E

accent

#57E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C44B

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

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