#D6C251#D6C251

#D6C251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C251
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -6.26, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 58.13, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0216 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5105, 53.4759, 15.5496)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C251 #5165D6

analogous

#D67F51 #D6C251 #A8D651

triadic

#D6C251 #51D6C2 #C251D6

tetradic

#D6C251 #51D67F #5165D6 #D651A8

square

#D6C251 #51D67F #5165D6 #D651A8

split-complementary

#D6C251 #51A8D6 #7F51D6

monochromatic

#8C7C21 #BDA72D #D6C251 #E2D383 #EDE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D6C251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#D6C251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C251

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C251	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)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d486',
    500: '#d6c251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c251;
$custom-light: #e6d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80956,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C251

secondary

#3A4792

accent

#5BE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C251

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

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