#D6CB42#D6CB42

#D6CB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.153 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CB42
RGB	rgb(214, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -11.72, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 67.28, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0387 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.153 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0729, 57.4033, 13.5955)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CB42 #424DD6

analogous

#D68142 #D6CB42 #97D642

triadic

#D6CB42 #42D6CB #CB42D6

tetradic

#D6CB42 #42D681 #424DD6 #D64297

square

#D6CB42 #42D681 #424DD6 #D64297

split-complementary

#D6CB42 #4297D6 #8142D6

monochromatic

#827A1C #B4A927 #D6CB42 #E1D974 #ECE7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D6CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#D6CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CB42

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CB42	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)

#DDC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.153 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6da7e',
    500: '#d6cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cb42;
$custom-light: #e6da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82707,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CB42

secondary

#343A88

accent

#4DE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CB42

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

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