#D6CE21

sRGB: 214 / 206 / 33

Thunderous oceans emerge from slumber
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Distant echoes surrender to silence

#D6CE21 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 214 red, 206 green and 33 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 57.3° lands in the yellow region. Its 73.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.71:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 214, 206, 33
HSL: 57.35°, 73.28%, 48.43%
HSV / HSB: 57.35°, 84.58%, 83.92%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 3.74%, 84.58%, 16.08%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 50.076, 58.549, 10.102
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.043, -14.457, 76.780
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58549
24-bit decimal: 14077473

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #D6CE21 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 12.71:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.65:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#2129D6 sits half a turn (180°) from #D6CE21 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#D6CE21 #2129D6

Analogous

#D67321 and #84D621 sit 30° to either side of #D6CE21. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#D67321 #D6CE21 #84D621

Triadic

#D6CE21, #21D6CE and #CE21D6 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#D6CE21 #21D6CE #CE21D6

Split complementary

Start at #D6CE21 and look across the wheel. #2184D6 and #7321D6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#D6CE21 #2184D6 #7321D6

Square

Starting with #D6CE21, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #21D673, #2129D6, then #D62184. Across the square, #D6CE21 pairs with #2129D6, and #21D673 with #D62184.

#D6CE21 #21D673 #2129D6 #D62184

Tetradic

#D6CE21 and #2129D6 are opposites, as are #29D621 and #CE21D6. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#D6CE21 #29D621 #2129D6 #CE21D6

Tints

Mixing #D6CE21 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DED84D, keeps 80% of the original. By #F7F5D3, the mixture is 80% white.

#D6CE21 #DED84D #E6E27A #EFEBA6 #F7F5D3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #D6CE21 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ABA51A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2B2907, the mixture is 80% black.

#D6CE21 #ABA51A #807C14 #56520D #2B2907 #000000

Tones

Mixing #D6CE21 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C5BE34, keeps 80% of the original. By #91906D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#D6CE21 #C5BE34 #B4AF47 #A29F5A #91906D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#D6CE21

RGB

rgb(214 206 33)

HSL

hsl(57.348 73.279% 48.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #D6CE21;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#D6CE21 uses 214 red, 206 green and 33 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 83.9%

Green 80.8%

Blue 12.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #D6CE21 is 0.0% cyan, 3.7% magenta, 84.6% yellow and 16.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 3.7%

Yellow 84.6%

Black 16.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCC22. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DC2 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #D6CE21 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC33, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCC22 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC33

Gradient to complement

#D6CE21 #B8B33F #9A975D #7C7C7C #5D609A #3F45B8 #2129D6

Color vision previews

Compare how #D6CE21 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#E0C600

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#E4CC33

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E6BFB0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DDC901

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DFCC2C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DACA72

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C9C9C9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D0CC95

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.67244 G 0.61721 B 0.01521

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.83376 G 0.80891 B 0.29341

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.66264 G 0.61904 B 0.07002

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.422 y 0.493 Y 58.549

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 16.078 M % 19.216 Y % 87.059

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11010110 11001110 00100001