#D6C351#D6C351

#D6C351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C351
RGB	rgb(214, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -6.78, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 58.47, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0231 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7338, 53.9225, 15.6241)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C351 #5164D6

analogous

#D68151 #D6C351 #A6D651

triadic

#D6C351 #51D6C3 #C351D6

tetradic

#D6C351 #51D681 #5164D6 #D651A6

square

#D6C351 #51D681 #5164D6 #D651A6

split-complementary

#D6C351 #51A6D6 #8151D6

monochromatic

#8C7C21 #BDA92D #D6C351 #E2D483 #EDE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D6C351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#D6C351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C351

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C351	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d486',
    500: '#d6c351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c351;
$custom-light: #e6d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C351

secondary

#3A4692

accent

#5AE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C351

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

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