#D6C549#D6C549

#D6C549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C549
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -8.29, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 62.50, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0283 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.143 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9024, 54.7118, 14.2866)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C549 #495AD6

analogous

#D67F49 #D6C549 #A1D649

triadic

#D6C549 #49D6C5 #C549D6

tetradic

#D6C549 #49D67F #495AD6 #D649A1

square

#D6C549 #49D67F #495AD6 #D649A1

split-complementary

#D6C549 #49A1D6 #7F49D6

monochromatic

#867A1E #B8A72A #D6C549 #E1D57B #EDE5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#D6C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C549

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C549	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d682',
    500: '#d6c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c549;
$custom-light: #e6d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81505,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C549

secondary

#36418D

accent

#55E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C549

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

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