#D6C679#D6C679

#D6C679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.099 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C679
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 43.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -4.99, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 40.82, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0136 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.099 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3781, 56.0665, 26.2010)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C679 #7989D6

analogous

#D69779 #D6C679 #B8D679

triadic

#D6C679 #79D6C6 #C679D6

tetradic

#D6C679 #79D697 #7989D6 #D679B8

square

#D6C679 #79D697 #7989D6 #D679B8

split-complementary

#D6C679 #79B8D6 #9779D6

monochromatic

#A38F32 #C8B24A #D6C679 #E4DAA8 #F3EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D6C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#D6C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C679

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C679	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.099 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d7a1',
    500: '#d6c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c679;
$custom-light: #e4d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82288,
    "c": 0.09918,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C679

secondary

#4C5CA7

accent

#40C125

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C679

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

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