#D6C252#D6C252

#D6C252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C252
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -6.20, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 57.70, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0213 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5483, 53.4910, 15.7486)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C252 #5266D6

analogous

#D68052 #D6C252 #A8D652

triadic

#D6C252 #52D6C2 #C252D6

tetradic

#D6C252 #52D680 #5266D6 #D652A8

square

#D6C252 #52D680 #5266D6 #D652A8

split-complementary

#D6C252 #52A8D6 #8052D6

monochromatic

#8C7C21 #BEA82D #D6C252 #E2D383 #EDE5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D6C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#D6C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C252

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C252	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d487',
    500: '#d6c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c252;
$custom-light: #e6d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80965,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C252

secondary

#3A4792

accent

#5CE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C252

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

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