#D6C472#D6C472

#D6C472 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.105 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C472
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -4.65, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 43.51, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0133 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.105 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5102, 54.9927, 23.8703)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C472 #7284D6

analogous

#D69272 #D6C472 #B6D672

triadic

#D6C472 #72D6C4 #C472D6

tetradic

#D6C472 #72D692 #7284D6 #D672B6

square

#D6C472 #72D692 #7284D6 #D672B6

split-complementary

#D6C472 #72B6D6 #9272D6

monochromatic

#9F8B2E #C8B043 #D6C472 #E4D8A1 #F2ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#D6C472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C472

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C472	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.105 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d59c',
    500: '#d6c472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c472;
$custom-light: #e4d59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81771,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C472

secondary

#4959A4

accent

#40C223

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C472

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

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