#D6CA40#D6CA40

#D6CA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.153 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA40
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -11.31, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 67.68, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0378 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.153 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7796, 56.9093, 13.2120)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA40 #404CD6

analogous

#D67F40 #D6CA40 #97D640

triadic

#D6CA40 #40D6CA #CA40D6

tetradic

#D6CA40 #40D67F #404CD6 #D64097

square

#D6CA40 #40D67F #404CD6 #D64097

split-complementary

#D6CA40 #4097D6 #7F40D6

monochromatic

#80781B #B2A726 #D6CA40 #E1D872 #ECE6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D6CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#D6CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA40

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA40	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)

#DCC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.153 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d97d',
    500: '#d6ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca40;
$custom-light: #e6d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82482,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA40

secondary

#333A87

accent

#4EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA40

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

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