#D6CB4E#D6CB4E

#D6CB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CB4E
RGB	rgb(214, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -11.05, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 62.57, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0356 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4645, 57.5599, 15.6582)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CB4E #4E59D6

analogous

#D6874E #D6CB4E #9DD64E

triadic

#D6CB4E #4ED6CB #CB4ED6

tetradic

#D6CB4E #4ED687 #4E59D6 #D64E9D

square

#D6CB4E #4ED687 #4E59D6 #D64E9D

split-complementary

#D6CB4E #4E9DD6 #874ED6

monochromatic

#8A8120 #BBB02B #D6CB4E #E2DA80 #EDE8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D6CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#D6CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CB4E

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CB4E	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6da85',
    500: '#d6cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cb4e;
$custom-light: #e6da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82804,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CB4E

secondary

#383F90

accent

#50E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CB4E

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

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