#D6CA3E#D6CA3E

#D6CA3E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.154 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA3E
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -11.41, 67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 68.40, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0383 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.154 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7237, 56.8870, 12.9176)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA3E #3E4AD6

analogous

#D67E3E #D6CA3E #96D63E

triadic

#D6CA3E #3ED6CA #CA3ED6

tetradic

#D6CA3E #3ED67E #3E4AD6 #D63E96

square

#D6CA3E #3ED67E #3E4AD6 #D63E96

split-complementary

#D6CA3E #3E96D6 #7E3ED6

monochromatic

#7F771B #B1A626 #D6CA3E #E1D870 #EBE6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D6CA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#D6CA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA3E

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA3E	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.154 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d97c',
    500: '#d6ca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca3e;
$custom-light: #e6d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 64.957,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82468,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA3E

secondary

#323986

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA3E

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

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