#D6C455#D6C455

#D6C455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C455
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -7.02, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 57.08, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0233 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1131, 54.4339, 16.5124)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C455 #5567D6

analogous

#D68355 #D6C455 #A7D655

triadic

#D6C455 #55D6C4 #C455D6

tetradic

#D6C455 #55D683 #5567D6 #D655A7

square

#D6C455 #55D683 #5567D6 #D655A7

split-complementary

#D6C455 #55A7D6 #8355D6

monochromatic

#8E7F22 #C0AB2E #D6C455 #E2D586 #EEE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#D6C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C455

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C455	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d589',
    500: '#d6c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c455;
$custom-light: #e6d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8141,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C455

secondary

#3B4894

accent

#5AE444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C455

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

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