#D6CA42#D6CA42

#D6CA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.152 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA42
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -11.21, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 66.94, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0373 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.152 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8375, 56.9325, 13.5171)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA42 #424ED6

analogous

#D68042 #D6CA42 #98D642

triadic

#D6CA42 #42D6CA #CA42D6

tetradic

#D6CA42 #42D680 #424ED6 #D64298

square

#D6CA42 #42D680 #424ED6 #D64298

split-complementary

#D6CA42 #4298D6 #8042D6

monochromatic

#82791C #B4A827 #D6CA42 #E1D874 #ECE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D6CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#D6CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA42

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA42	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.152 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d97e',
    500: '#d6ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca42;
$custom-light: #e6d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82496,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA42

secondary

#343B88

accent

#4EE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA42

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

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