#D6C842#D6C842

#D6C842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.150 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C842
RGB	rgb(214, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -10.20, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 66.25, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0345 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.15 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3713, 56.0000, 13.3617)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C842 #4250D6

analogous

#D67E42 #D6C842 #9AD642

triadic

#D6C842 #42D6C8 #C842D6

tetradic

#D6C842 #42D67E #4250D6 #D6429A

square

#D6C842 #42D67E #4250D6 #D6429A

split-complementary

#D6C842 #429AD6 #7E42D6

monochromatic

#82781C #B4A627 #D6C842 #E1D774 #ECE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D6C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#D6C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C842

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C842	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.150 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d87e',
    500: '#d6c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c842;
$custom-light: #e6d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.324,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82076,
    "c": 0.15,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C842

secondary

#343C88

accent

#50E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C842

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

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