#D6CA4E#D6CA4E

#D6CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.143 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA4E
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -10.54, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 62.21, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0341 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.143 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2291, 57.0891, 15.5797)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA4E #4E5AD6

analogous

#D6864E #D6CA4E #9ED64E

triadic

#D6CA4E #4ED6CA #CA4ED6

tetradic

#D6CA4E #4ED686 #4E5AD6 #D64E9E

square

#D6CA4E #4ED686 #4E5AD6 #D64E9E

split-complementary

#D6CA4E #4E9ED6 #864ED6

monochromatic

#8A8020 #BBAF2B #D6CA4E #E2D980 #EDE8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D6CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D6CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA4E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA4E	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.143 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d985',
    500: '#d6ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca4e;
$custom-light: #e6d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82594,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA4E

secondary

#384090

accent

#51E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA4E

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

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