#D6C849#D6C849

#D6C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.145 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C849
RGB	rgb(214, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -9.82, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 63.53, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0326 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.145 103)
XYZ	xyz(49.5904, 56.0877, 14.5159)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C849 #4957D6

analogous

#D68249 #D6C849 #9ED649

triadic

#D6C849 #49D6C8 #C849D6

tetradic

#D6C849 #49D682 #4957D6 #D6499E

square

#D6C849 #49D682 #4957D6 #D6499E

split-complementary

#D6C849 #499ED6 #8249D6

monochromatic

#867C1E #B8AA2A #D6C849 #E1D77B #EDE6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D6C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#D6C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C849

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C849	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.145 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d882',
    500: '#d6c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c849;
$custom-light: #e6d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82132,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.56086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C849

secondary

#363F8D

accent

#52E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C849

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

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