#D6CC42#D6CC42

#D6CC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.154 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC42
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -12.22, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 67.63, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0402 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.154 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3098, 57.8771, 13.6745)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC42 #424CD6

analogous

#D68242 #D6CC42 #96D642

triadic

#D6CC42 #42D6CC #CC42D6

tetradic

#D6CC42 #42D682 #424CD6 #D64296

square

#D6CC42 #42D682 #424CD6 #D64296

split-complementary

#D6CC42 #4296D6 #8242D6

monochromatic

#827B1C #B4AA27 #D6CC42 #E1DA74 #ECE7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D6CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#D6CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC42

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC42	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.154 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db7f',
    500: '#d6cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc42;
$custom-light: #e6db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82917,
    "c": 0.15356,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC42

secondary

#343988

accent

#4CE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC42

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

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