#D6C74E#D6C74E

#D6C74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C74E
RGB	rgb(214, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -9.01, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 61.13, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0298 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.141 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.5321, 55.6950, 15.3474)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C74E #4E5DD6

analogous

#D6834E #D6C74E #A1D64E

triadic

#D6C74E #4ED6C7 #C74ED6

tetradic

#D6C74E #4ED683 #4E5DD6 #D64EA1

square

#D6C74E #4ED683 #4E5DD6 #D64EA1

split-complementary

#D6C74E #4EA1D6 #834ED6

monochromatic

#8A7E20 #BBAC2B #D6C74E #E2D780 #EDE6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D6C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#D6C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C74E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C74E	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d785',
    500: '#d6c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c74e;
$custom-light: #e6d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81967,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C74E

secondary

#384290

accent

#54E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C74E

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

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