#D6CC40#D6CC40

#D6CC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.155 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC40
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -12.32, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 68.36, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0406 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.155 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2519, 57.8539, 13.3694)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC40 #404AD6

analogous

#D68140 #D6CC40 #95D640

triadic

#D6CC40 #40D6CC #CC40D6

tetradic

#D6CC40 #40D681 #404AD6 #D64095

square

#D6CC40 #40D681 #404AD6 #D64095

split-complementary

#D6CC40 #4095D6 #8140D6

monochromatic

#80791B #B2A926 #D6CC40 #E1D972 #ECE7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D6CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#D6CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC40

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC40	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.155 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db7e',
    500: '#d6cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc40;
$custom-light: #e6db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82903,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC40

secondary

#333987

accent

#4BE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC40

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

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