#D6CD3A#D6CD3A

#D6CD3A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.159 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CD3A
RGB	rgb(214, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 72.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -13.10, 69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 70.81, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0434 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.159 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3287, 58.2662, 12.5976)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CD3A #3A43D6

analogous

#D67F3A #D6CD3A #91D63A

triadic

#D6CD3A #3AD6CD #CD3AD6

tetradic

#D6CD3A #3AD67F #3A43D6 #D63A91

square

#D6CD3A #3AD67F #3A43D6 #D63A91

split-complementary

#D6CD3A #3A91D6 #7F3AD6

monochromatic

#7C761A #AEA724 #D6CD3A #E1DA6D #EBE79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#D6CD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CD3A

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CD3A	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.159 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db7b',
    500: '#d6cd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cd3a;
$custom-light: #e7db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 65.546,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83074,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CD3A

secondary

#313683

accent

#49E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CD3A

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

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