#D6C359#D6C359

#D6C359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C359
RGB	rgb(214, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -6.23, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 54.95, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0206 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0517, 54.0497, 17.2981)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C359 #596CD6

analogous

#D68559 #D6C359 #ABD659

triadic

#D6C359 #59D6C3 #C359D6

tetradic

#D6C359 #59D685 #596CD6 #D659AB

square

#D6C359 #59D685 #596CD6 #D659AB

split-complementary

#D6C359 #59ABD6 #8559D6

monochromatic

#918024 #C2AC30 #D6C359 #E2D58A #EEE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D6C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D6C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C359

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C359	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d48b',
    500: '#d6c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c359;
$custom-light: #e5d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81245,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C359

secondary

#3D4B96

accent

#5CE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C359

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

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