#D6C542#D6C542

#D6C542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.147 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C542
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -8.67, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 65.25, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0301 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.147 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6833, 54.6241, 13.1323)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C542 #4253D6

analogous

#D67B42 #D6C542 #9DD642

triadic

#D6C542 #42D6C5 #C542D6

tetradic

#D6C542 #42D67B #4253D6 #D6429D

square

#D6C542 #42D67B #4253D6 #D6429D

split-complementary

#D6C542 #429DD6 #7B42D6

monochromatic

#82761C #B4A427 #D6C542 #E1D474 #ECE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D6C542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C542

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C542	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)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.147 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d67e',
    500: '#d6c542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c542;
$custom-light: #e6d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81449,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C542

secondary

#343D88

accent

#54E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C542

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

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