#D6C261#D6C261

#D6C261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C261
RGB	rgb(214, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -5.10, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 50.93, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0164 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.12 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1828, 53.7448, 19.0900)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C261 #6175D6

analogous

#D68761 #D6C261 #AFD661

triadic

#D6C261 #61D6C2 #C261D6

tetradic

#D6C261 #61D687 #6175D6 #D661AF

square

#D6C261 #61D687 #6175D6 #D661AF

split-complementary

#D6C261 #61AFD6 #8761D6

monochromatic

#968327 #C6AD33 #D6C261 #E3D592 #EFE8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D6C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#D6C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C261

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C261	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d491',
    500: '#d6c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c261;
$custom-light: #e5d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81131,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C261

secondary

#40509B

accent

#3CC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C261

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

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