#D6C355#D6C355

#D6C355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C355
RGB	rgb(214, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -6.51, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 56.73, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0218 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8883, 53.9843, 16.4374)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C355 #5568D6

analogous

#D68255 #D6C355 #A8D655

triadic

#D6C355 #55D6C3 #C355D6

tetradic

#D6C355 #55D682 #5568D6 #D655A8

square

#D6C355 #55D682 #5568D6 #D655A8

split-complementary

#D6C355 #55A8D6 #8255D6

monochromatic

#8E7E22 #C0AA2E #D6C355 #E2D486 #EEE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D6C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#D6C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C355

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C355	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d489',
    500: '#d6c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c355;
$custom-light: #e6d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81203,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C355

secondary

#3B4894

accent

#5BE444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C355

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

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