Curry `#D6A332`

Curry (#D6A332) is a light, saturated yellow with an OKLCH hue of 83°, lightness 0.74 and chroma 0.137. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#D6A332`
RGB	`rgb(214, 163, 50)`
HSL	`hsl(41, 67%, 52%)`
HSV	`hsv(41, 77%, 84%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 24%, 77%, 16%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(70 8.4 62.1)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.744 0.137 83)`

How Curry behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Curry shifts subtly: drifts toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #da9e28 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward orange
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #dba32d — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward red
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #d6a332 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #d6a434 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Curry in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.3:1 and against black 9.14:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Curry

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#fff0d4 · #f1c162 · #d6a332 · #9f7400 · #735300 · #4a3400

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#d0db88 · #d3c05d · #d6a332 · #cd8837 · #bf7141 · #ab5d49

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#d6a332 · #7c976d · #906800 · #306200 · #4b3500 · #0f2700

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#dccdb1 · #d6a332 · #a18654 · #3d65b7 · #3e2b00 · #1e1200

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ebf2ff · #d6a332 · #998f7e · #535760 · #2b2210 · #000104

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#ecf2fd · #c2c9d6 · #949caa · #1a2233 · #00030f · #d6a332

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#ebf2ff · #d6a332 · #6c90d4 · #2c52a2 · #021c5a · #0d0500

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#b4e0d0 · #d6a332 · #8e93d3 · #5f8294 · #2a364e · #0f1204

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d3fbfe · #d6a332 · #0ea4ae · #7a3782 · #3c0343 · #000203

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#d7fbef · #d6a332 · #34a68a · #2c52a2 · #470028 · #000012

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DDB156 · #E5BE73 · #ECCB8D · #F4D9A7 · #FBE6C0

Shades

#B28415 · #8E6700 · #6A4C00 · #483200 · #291B00

Muted

#CDA657 · #C5A872 · #BCAA89

Using Curry

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.