#D6C45F#D6C45F

#D6C45F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C45F
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 55.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -6.29, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 52.57, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0201 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5388, 54.6042, 18.7545)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C45F #5F71D6

analogous

#D6885F #D6C45F #ADD65F

triadic

#D6C45F #5FD6C4 #C45FD6

tetradic

#D6C45F #5FD688 #5F71D6 #D65FAD

square

#D6C45F #5FD688 #5F71D6 #D65FAD

split-complementary

#D6C45F #5FADD6 #885FD6

monochromatic

#958426 #C5AF33 #D6C45F #E2D690 #EFE8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D6C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C45F

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C45F	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d58f',
    500: '#d6c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c45f;
$custom-light: #e5d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 59.204,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8152,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C45F

secondary

#404D9A

accent

#38C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C45F

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

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