#D6CD3B#D6CD3B

#D6CD3B 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 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CD3B
RGB	rgb(214, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -13.06, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 70.47, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0432 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.159 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3544, 58.2764, 12.7329)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CD3B #3B44D6

analogous

#D67F3B #D6CD3B #91D63B

triadic

#D6CD3B #3BD6CD #CD3BD6

tetradic

#D6CD3B #3BD67F #3B44D6 #D63B91

square

#D6CD3B #3BD67F #3B44D6 #D63B91

split-complementary

#D6CD3B #3B91D6 #7F3BD6

monochromatic

#7D771A #AFA725 #D6CD3B #E1DA6E #EBE7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#D6CD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CD3B

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CD3B	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.159 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db7b',
    500: '#d6cd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cd3b;
$custom-light: #e6db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8308,
    "c": 0.15876,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CD3B

secondary

#313684

accent

#49E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CD3B

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

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