#D6C059#D6C059

#D6C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.125 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C059
RGB	rgb(214, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -4.68, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 53.91, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0161 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.125 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3863, 52.7188, 17.0763)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C059 #596FD6

analogous

#D68259 #D6C059 #AED659

triadic

#D6C059 #59D6C0 #C059D6

tetradic

#D6C059 #59D682 #596FD6 #D659AE

square

#D6C059 #59D682 #596FD6 #D659AE

split-complementary

#D6C059 #59AED6 #8259D6

monochromatic

#917E24 #C2A830 #D6C059 #E2D38A #EEE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D6C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#D6C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C059

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C059	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.125 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d28b',
    500: '#d6c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c059;
$custom-light: #e5d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.44,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80626,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C059

secondary

#3D4D96

accent

#60E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C059

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

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