#D6C456#D6C456

#D6C456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C456
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -6.95, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 56.64, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.023 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1531, 54.4499, 16.7231)
Luminance	0.5445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C456 #5668D6

analogous

#D68456 #D6C456 #A8D656

triadic

#D6C456 #56D6C4 #C456D6

tetradic

#D6C456 #56D684 #5668D6 #D656A8

square

#D6C456 #56D684 #5668D6 #D656A8

split-complementary

#D6C456 #56A8D6 #8456D6

monochromatic

#8F8023 #C0AC2F #D6C456 #E2D587 #EEE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D6C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#D6C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C456

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C456	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d58a',
    500: '#d6c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c456;
$custom-light: #e5d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81421,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C456

secondary

#3C4895

accent

#5AE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C456

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

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