#D6CC4F#D6CC4F

#D6CC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC4F
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 63.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -11.49, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 62.52, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0367 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.144 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7376, 58.0482, 15.9274)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC4F #4F59D6

analogous

#D6894F #D6CC4F #9CD64F

triadic

#D6CC4F #4FD6CC #CC4FD6

tetradic

#D6CC4F #4FD689 #4F59D6 #D64F9C

square

#D6CC4F #4FD689 #4F59D6 #D64F9C

split-complementary

#D6CC4F #4F9CD6 #894FD6

monochromatic

#8A8320 #BCB12C #D6CC4F #E2DA81 #EDE9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D6CC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D6CC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC4F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC4F	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db86',
    500: '#d6cc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc4f;
$custom-light: #e6db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 62.212,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83023,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC4F

secondary

#393F90

accent

#4FE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC4F

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

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