#D6C74C#D6C74C

#D6C74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C74C
RGB	rgb(214, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 64.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -9.14, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 61.96, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0304 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4615, 55.6668, 14.9755)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C74C #4C5BD6

analogous

#D6824C #D6C74C #A0D64C

triadic

#D6C74C #4CD6C7 #C74CD6

tetradic

#D6C74C #4CD682 #4C5BD6 #D64CA0

square

#D6C74C #4CD682 #4C5BD6 #D64CA0

split-complementary

#D6C74C #4CA0D6 #824CD6

monochromatic

#887D1F #BAAB2B #D6C74C #E1D77E #EDE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D6C74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#D6C74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C74C

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C74C	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)

#D8C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d784',
    500: '#d6c74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c74c;
$custom-light: #e6d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81949,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C74C

secondary

#38418F

accent

#54E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C74C

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

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