#D6C642#D6C642

#D6C642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.148 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C642
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -9.18, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 65.58, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0316 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.148 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9111, 55.0797, 13.2083)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C642 #4252D6

analogous

#D67C42 #D6C642 #9CD642

triadic

#D6C642 #42D6C6 #C642D6

tetradic

#D6C642 #42D67C #4252D6 #D6429C

square

#D6C642 #42D67C #4252D6 #D6429C

split-complementary

#D6C642 #429CD6 #7C42D6

monochromatic

#82771C #B4A527 #D6C642 #E1D574 #ECE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#D6C642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C642

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C642	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.148 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d67e',
    500: '#d6c642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c642;
$custom-light: #e6d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81658,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C642

secondary

#343D88

accent

#52E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C642

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

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