#D6C453#D6C453

#D6C453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.134 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C453
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 61.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -7.16, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 57.95, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0239 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.134 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0347, 54.4026, 16.0998)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C453 #5365D6

analogous

#D68253 #D6C453 #A6D653

triadic

#D6C453 #53D6C4 #C453D6

tetradic

#D6C453 #53D682 #5365D6 #D653A6

square

#D6C453 #53D682 #5365D6 #D653A6

split-complementary

#D6C453 #53A6D6 #8253D6

monochromatic

#8D7E22 #BEAA2D #D6C453 #E2D584 #EEE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#D6C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C453

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C453	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.134 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d588',
    500: '#d6c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c453;
$custom-light: #e6d588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8139,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C453

secondary

#3A4793

accent

#59E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C453

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

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