#D6C151#D6C151

#D6C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C151
RGB	rgb(214, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -5.75, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 57.80, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0201 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2887, 53.0323, 15.4757)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C151 #5166D6

analogous

#D67E51 #D6C151 #A9D651

triadic

#D6C151 #51D6C1 #C151D6

tetradic

#D6C151 #51D67E #5166D6 #D651A9

square

#D6C151 #51D67E #5166D6 #D651A9

split-complementary

#D6C151 #51A9D6 #7E51D6

monochromatic

#8C7B21 #BDA62D #D6C151 #E2D383 #EDE4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D6C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#D6C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C151

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C151	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d386',
    500: '#d6c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c151;
$custom-light: #e6d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80749,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C151

secondary

#3A4792

accent

#5CE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C151

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

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