#D6C64A#D6C64A

#D6C64A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C64A
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -8.74, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 62.44, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0295 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1637, 55.1808, 14.5385)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C64A #4A5AD6

analogous

#D6804A #D6C64A #A0D64A

triadic

#D6C64A #4AD6C6 #C64AD6

tetradic

#D6C64A #4AD680 #4A5AD6 #D64AA0

square

#D6C64A #4AD680 #4A5AD6 #D64AA0

split-complementary

#D6C64A #4AA0D6 #804AD6

monochromatic

#877B1F #B9A92A #D6C64A #E1D67C #EDE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D6C64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#D6C64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C64A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C64A	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d783',
    500: '#d6c64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c64a;
$custom-light: #e6d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81723,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C64A

secondary

#37418D

accent

#54E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C64A

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

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