#D6C258#D6C258

#D6C258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C258
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -5.78, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 55.05, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0194 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7867, 53.5864, 17.0040)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C258 #586CD6

analogous

#D68358 #D6C258 #ABD658

triadic

#D6C258 #58D6C2 #C258D6

tetradic

#D6C258 #58D683 #586CD6 #D658AB

square

#D6C258 #58D683 #586CD6 #D658AB

split-complementary

#D6C258 #58ABD6 #8358D6

monochromatic

#907F23 #C1AA2F #D6C258 #E2D489 #EEE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D6C258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#D6C258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C258

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C258	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d48b',
    500: '#d6c258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c258;
$custom-light: #e5d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 60.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81028,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C258

secondary

#3D4B96

accent

#5DE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C258

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

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