#D6C65A#D6C65A

#D6C65A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C65A
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 57.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -7.70, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 55.57, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0247 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(49.7729, 55.4244, 17.7471)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C65A #5A6AD6

analogous

#D6885A #D6C65A #A8D65A

triadic

#D6C65A #5AD6C6 #C65AD6

tetradic

#D6C65A #5AD688 #5A6AD6 #D65AA8

square

#D6C65A #5AD688 #5A6AD6 #D65AA8

split-complementary

#D6C65A #5AA8D6 #885AD6

monochromatic

#918324 #C2B030 #D6C65A #E2D78B #EEE8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D6C65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#D6C65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C65A

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C65A	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d78c',
    500: '#d6c65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c65a;
$custom-light: #e5d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81879,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.55422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C65A

secondary

#3D4997

accent

#59E344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C65A

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

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