#D6C155#D6C155

#D6C155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C155
RGB	rgb(214, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -5.48, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 56.05, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0189 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4432, 53.0941, 16.2890)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C155 #556AD6

analogous

#D68055 #D6C155 #AAD655

triadic

#D6C155 #55D6C1 #C155D6

tetradic

#D6C155 #55D680 #556AD6 #D655AA

square

#D6C155 #55D680 #556AD6 #D655AA

split-complementary

#D6C155 #55AAD6 #8055D6

monochromatic

#8E7D22 #C0A82E #D6C155 #E2D386 #EEE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D6C155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#D6C155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C155

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C155	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d389',
    500: '#d6c155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c155;
$custom-light: #e6d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80789,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C155

secondary

#3B4A94

accent

#5EE444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C155

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

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