#D6C357#D6C357

#D6C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C357
RGB	rgb(214, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -6.37, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 55.84, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0212 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9689, 54.0165, 16.8618)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C357 #576AD6

analogous

#D68457 #D6C357 #AAD657

triadic

#D6C357 #57D6C3 #C357D6

tetradic

#D6C357 #57D684 #576AD6 #D657AA

square

#D6C357 #57D684 #576AD6 #D657AA

split-complementary

#D6C357 #57AAD6 #8457D6

monochromatic

#907F23 #C1AB2F #D6C357 #E2D588 #EEE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D6C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#D6C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C357

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C357	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)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d48a',
    500: '#d6c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c357;
$custom-light: #e5d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81224,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C357

secondary

#3C4995

accent

#5CE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C357

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →