#D6CB49#D6CB49

#D6CB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.148 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CB49
RGB	rgb(214, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -11.34, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 64.59, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0369 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.148 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2920, 57.4909, 14.7498)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CB49 #4954D6

analogous

#D68549 #D6CB49 #9BD649

triadic

#D6CB49 #49D6CB #CB49D6

tetradic

#D6CB49 #49D685 #4954D6 #D6499B

square

#D6CB49 #49D685 #4954D6 #D6499B

split-complementary

#D6CB49 #499BD6 #8549D6

monochromatic

#867E1E #B8AD2A #D6CB49 #E1D97B #EDE8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D6CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#D6CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CB49

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CB49	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.148 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6da82',
    500: '#d6cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cb49;
$custom-light: #e6da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82761,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CB49

secondary

#363D8D

accent

#4EE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CB49

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

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