#D6C250#D6C250

#D6C250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C250
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -6.33, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 58.56, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0219 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4733, 53.4610, 15.3536)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C250 #5064D6

analogous

#D67F50 #D6C250 #A7D650

triadic

#D6C250 #50D6C2 #C250D6

tetradic

#D6C250 #50D67F #5064D6 #D650A7

square

#D6C250 #50D67F #5064D6 #D650A7

split-complementary

#D6C250 #50A7D6 #7F50D6

monochromatic

#8B7B21 #BDA72C #D6C250 #E2D382 #EDE5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D6C250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#D6C250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C250

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C250	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d486',
    500: '#d6c250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c250;
$custom-light: #e6d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80946,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C250

secondary

#394691

accent

#5BE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C250

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

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