#D6C64E#D6C64E

#D6C64E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C64E
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -8.50, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 60.78, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0283 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3028, 55.2364, 15.2709)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C64E #4E5ED6

analogous

#D6824E #D6C64E #A2D64E

triadic

#D6C64E #4ED6C6 #C64ED6

tetradic

#D6C64E #4ED682 #4E5ED6 #D64EA2

square

#D6C64E #4ED682 #4E5ED6 #D64EA2

split-complementary

#D6C64E #4EA2D6 #824ED6

monochromatic

#8A7D20 #BBAA2B #D6C64E #E2D680 #EDE6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D6C64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#D6C64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C64E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C64E	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d785',
    500: '#d6c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c64e;
$custom-light: #e6d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81758,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C64E

secondary

#384390

accent

#56E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C64E

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

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