#D6CA61#D6CA61

#D6CA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.127 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA61
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -9.21, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 53.89, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0282 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.127 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0114, 57.4020, 19.6996)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA61 #616DD6

analogous

#D68F61 #D6CA61 #A7D661

triadic

#D6CA61 #61D6CA #CA61D6

tetradic

#D6CA61 #61D68F #616DD6 #D661A7

square

#D6CA61 #61D68F #616DD6 #D661A7

split-complementary

#D6CA61 #61A7D6 #8F61D6

monochromatic

#968A27 #C6B733 #D6CA61 #E3DA92 #EFEBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D6CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#D6CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA61

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA61	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.127 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d991',
    500: '#d6ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca61;
$custom-light: #e5d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8279,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA61

secondary

#404A9B

accent

#30C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA61

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

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