#D6C74A#D6C74A

#D6C74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.144 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C74A
RGB	rgb(214, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -9.25, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 62.78, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0309 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.144 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.3930, 55.6394, 14.6150)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C74A #4A59D6

analogous

#D6814A #D6C74A #9FD64A

triadic

#D6C74A #4AD6C7 #C74AD6

tetradic

#D6C74A #4AD681 #4A59D6 #D64A9F

square

#D6C74A #4AD681 #4A59D6 #D64A9F

split-complementary

#D6C74A #4A9FD6 #814AD6

monochromatic

#877C1F #B9AA2A #D6C74A #E1D67C #EDE6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D6C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#D6C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C74A

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C74A	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.144 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d783',
    500: '#d6c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c74a;
$custom-light: #e6d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81931,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C74A

secondary

#37408D

accent

#53E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C74A

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

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