#D6CD4E#D6CD4E

#D6CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.146 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CD4E
RGB	rgb(214, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -12.06, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 63.30, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0384 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.146 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9399, 58.5106, 15.8166)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CD4E #4E57D6

analogous

#D6894E #D6CD4E #9BD64E

triadic

#D6CD4E #4ED6CD #CD4ED6

tetradic

#D6CD4E #4ED689 #4E57D6 #D64E9B

square

#D6CD4E #4ED689 #4E57D6 #D64E9B

split-complementary

#D6CD4E #4E9BD6 #894ED6

monochromatic

#8A8320 #BBB22B #D6CD4E #E2DB80 #EDE9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D6CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#D6CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CD4E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CD4E	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.146 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc85',
    500: '#d6cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cd4e;
$custom-light: #e6dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83225,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CD4E

secondary

#383E90

accent

#4DE542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CD4E

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

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