#D6C44D#D6C44D

#D6C44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C44D
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 64%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -7.54, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 60.51, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0257 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8130, 54.3139, 14.9322)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C44D #4D5FD6

analogous

#D6804D #D6C44D #A3D64D

triadic

#D6C44D #4DD6C4 #C44DD6

tetradic

#D6C44D #4DD680 #4D5FD6 #D64DA3

square

#D6C44D #4DD680 #4D5FD6 #D64DA3

split-complementary

#D6C44D #4DA3D6 #804DD6

monochromatic

#897B20 #BBA82B #D6C44D #E1D47F #EDE5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#D6C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C44D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C44D	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)

#D5BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d584',
    500: '#d6c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c44d;
$custom-light: #e6d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81333,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C44D

secondary

#38438F

accent

#58E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C44D

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

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