#D6CA3B#D6CA3B

#D6CA3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.156 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA3B
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -11.55, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 69.46, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.039 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.156 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6436, 56.8549, 12.4960)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA3B #3B47D6

analogous

#D67C3B #D6CA3B #94D63B

triadic

#D6CA3B #3BD6CA #CA3BD6

tetradic

#D6CA3B #3BD67C #3B47D6 #D63B94

square

#D6CA3B #3BD67C #3B47D6 #D63B94

split-complementary

#D6CA3B #3B94D6 #7C3BD6

monochromatic

#7D751A #AFA425 #D6CA3B #E1D86E #EBE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D6CA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#D6CA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA3B

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA3B	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.156 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d97b',
    500: '#d6ca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca3b;
$custom-light: #e6d97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.355,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82448,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA3B

secondary

#313884

accent

#4DE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA3B

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

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