#D6CC3B#D6CC3B

#D6CC3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.158 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC3B
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -12.56, 69.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 70.13, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0418 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.158 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1159, 57.7995, 12.6534)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC3B #3B45D6

analogous

#D67E3B #D6CC3B #92D63B

triadic

#D6CC3B #3BD6CC #CC3BD6

tetradic

#D6CC3B #3BD67E #3B45D6 #D63B92

square

#D6CC3B #3BD67E #3B45D6 #D63B92

split-complementary

#D6CC3B #3B92D6 #7E3BD6

monochromatic

#7D761A #AFA625 #D6CC3B #E1D96E #EBE6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D6CC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#D6CC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC3B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC3B	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.158 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db7b',
    500: '#d6cc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc3b;
$custom-light: #e6db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82869,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC3B

secondary

#313684

accent

#4AE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC3B

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

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