#D6C74F#D6C74F
#D6C74F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D6C74F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(214, 199, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 62%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 63%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.1%, 16.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.45, -8.95, 60.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.45, 60.72, 98.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.98% -0.0295 0.1366) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.98% 0.14 102.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5682, 55.7095, 15.5376) |
| Luminance | 0.5571 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.70
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.71
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.93
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.95
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.19
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D6C74F #4F5ED6
analogous
#D6834F #D6C74F #A2D64F
triadic
#D6C74F #4FD6C7 #C74FD6
tetradic
#D6C74F #4FD683 #4F5ED6 #D64FA2
square
#D6C74F #4FD683 #4F5ED6 #D64FA2
split-complementary
#D6C74F #4FA2D6 #834FD6
monochromatic
#8A7F20 #BCAC2C #D6C74F #E2D781 #EDE7B2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#D6C74F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.14
#D6C74F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D6C74F
12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D6C74F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D6C74F | 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)
#D8C141
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC856
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E5BAAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d6c74f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 199, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.140 102.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e6d786',
500: '#d6c74f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d6c74f; $custom-light: #e6d786; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d6c74f",
"rgb": {
"r": 214,
"g": 199,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.333,
"s": 62.212,
"l": 57.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81976,
"c": 0.13977,
"h": 102.2
},
"luminance": 0.55708
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D6C74F
secondary
#394390
accent
#55E543
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#16140B
muted
#85837E