#D6CD40#D6CD40

#D6CD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.156 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CD40
RGB	rgb(214, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -12.83, 67.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 68.71, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0421 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.156 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4903, 58.3308, 13.4489)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CD40 #4049D6

analogous

#D68240 #D6CD40 #94D640

triadic

#D6CD40 #40D6CD #CD40D6

tetradic

#D6CD40 #40D682 #4049D6 #D64094

square

#D6CD40 #40D682 #4049D6 #D64094

split-complementary

#D6CD40 #4094D6 #8240D6

monochromatic

#807A1B #B2AA26 #D6CD40 #E1DA72 #ECE7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#D6CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CD40

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CD40	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.156 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db7e',
    500: '#d6cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cd40;
$custom-light: #e6db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83114,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CD40

secondary

#333887

accent

#4AE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CD40

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

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