#D6C649#D6C649

#D6C649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.143 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C649
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -8.80, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 62.84, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0297 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.143 102)
XYZ	xyz(49.1303, 55.1674, 14.3625)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C649 #4959D6

analogous

#D68049 #D6C649 #A0D649

triadic

#D6C649 #49D6C6 #C649D6

tetradic

#D6C649 #49D680 #4959D6 #D649A0

square

#D6C649 #49D680 #4959D6 #D649A0

split-complementary

#D6C649 #49A0D6 #8049D6

monochromatic

#867B1E #B8A82A #D6C649 #E1D67B #EDE5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D6C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C649

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C649	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.143 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d782',
    500: '#d6c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c649;
$custom-light: #e6d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81714,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.55165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C649

secondary

#36408D

accent

#54E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C649

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

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