#D6CB40#D6CB40

#D6CB40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.154 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CB40
RGB	rgb(214, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -11.82, 66.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 68.02, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0392 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.154 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0150, 57.3801, 13.2904)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CB40 #404BD6

analogous

#D68040 #D6CB40 #96D640

triadic

#D6CB40 #40D6CB #CB40D6

tetradic

#D6CB40 #40D680 #404BD6 #D64096

square

#D6CB40 #40D680 #404BD6 #D64096

split-complementary

#D6CB40 #4096D6 #8040D6

monochromatic

#80791B #B2A826 #D6CB40 #E1D972 #ECE6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D6CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#D6CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CB40

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CB40	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)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.154 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6da7d',
    500: '#d6cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cb40;
$custom-light: #e6da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82692,
    "c": 0.15394,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CB40

secondary

#333987

accent

#4CE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CB40

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

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