#D6C451#D6C451

#D6C451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.136 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C451
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -7.29, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 58.82, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0245 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.136 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9586, 54.3721, 15.6990)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C451 #5163D6

analogous

#D68251 #D6C451 #A5D651

triadic

#D6C451 #51D6C4 #C451D6

tetradic

#D6C451 #51D682 #5163D6 #D651A5

square

#D6C451 #51D682 #5163D6 #D651A5

split-complementary

#D6C451 #51A5D6 #8251D6

monochromatic

#8C7D21 #BDAA2D #D6C451 #E2D583 #EDE6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#D6C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C451

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C451	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.136 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d587',
    500: '#d6c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c451;
$custom-light: #e6d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8137,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C451

secondary

#3A4692

accent

#59E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C451

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

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